NATO troops regularly travel to the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the Defense One website reported, citing US General Daryl Williams, who heads US operations in Europe and Africa.
“Small Number“ high-ranking military personnel travel to Kiev to learn from the full-scale war Russia launched in February 2022. They receive first-hand information about what is happening on the battlefield, but they do not interfere in the work of the Ukrainian armed forces, it is clear from the information.
The US military team can only work at the US embassy and does not provide advice to Ukrainian authorities.
The US has also adapted its own training facilities in Germany to better mimic the tactical environment for Ukrainian units that come there for training. The lessons learned by this team shape how the Army approaches its strategy.
Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian troops have highlighted the need to make command posts more difficult for enemy forces to detect, writes Defense One. The Ukrainians recommend investing in the production and storage of munitions and the creation of multiple locations for equipment maintenance. They also recommended the creation of hardened storage and command and control infrastructure.
The war in Ukraine has one positive role – it gives NATO a close-up look at Russia's way of waging war. Western countries take many lessons from the mistakes of the Russian army.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that his country will continue to fight Russian invaders even if Kiev's Western allies do not agree to support his “victory plan”. To date, there is no real prospect of Ukraine joining NATO – something that Kyiv requested but did not receive a positive response.