WASHINGTON - The commander of Ukraine's famed Donbas Battalion, Semen Semenchenko, is in Washington this week to lobby U.S. officials for stepped-up non-lethal aid and possible West Point training for his men.
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Sem\u0435n Sem\u0435nchenko, commander of the Donbas battalion, a volunteer paramilitary unit in Ukraine's National Guard, seen during a lobbying trip to Washington, Sept. 16, 2014 .
