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Old 08-10-2023, 01:40 PM
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Here's a revealing quote from a senior intelligence sergeant from the UAF's 41st Mechanized Brigade. He goes by the nom de guerre, "Dutchman".

'"For the most part, [Western instructors] have fought wars in cities and towns – urban settings. We are on flat ground a lot of the time,' said Dutchman.

The tactics that Ukrainian officers and commanders badly want their troops to learn while being trained abroad are either only part of the syllabus or not featured at all.

'We need people to understand how to effectively clear trenches, enter them, how to throw grenades effectively, how not to trip on booby traps, to understand what grenades the [Russians] throw – essentially to understand the enemy,' explained Dutchman."


https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...sians-approach

So it's not just the duration of training that's been lacking, it's the type of training.

“'It would be better if either [the instructors] came here to see what we’re facing or we went there to train their instructors to train our troops,” Dutchman told openDemocracy, adding that he recognizes that NATO preclusions about putting boots on the ground would not allow them to visit Ukraine.

Members of the 41st Brigade told the publication that their instructors often used examples of NATO operations in the Middle East, where the objective is to clear houses and identify potential insurgents among the local population.

But “that’s not really relevant to us,” said Dutchman.'


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