Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Cobretti2 said:

Pemalite said:

I think it's fantastic that the British/Canadians are training Ukraine soldiers, they are highly regarded and professional forces.

But for the long term... I think the better goal would be to train some Trainer/Presenter/Assessors to make the Ukraine Army more self sufficient, that way they can take on some learned lessons that are more specific to their region, geography and equipment to make them more effective.
It's the longer term stuff that needs to start going into focus.

Agree the long term strategy will be the key for this conflict as well as future invasions / wars. They will also need to be able to stand on their own two feet, so hopefully when this current conflict ends, the US and others will not want their equipment back.

Look at Afghanistan, you got to wonder did the US train the Afghan army well? or did they just bend over to the Taliban? or in principle they agreed with the Taliban ideologies and were happy when the US left and things went back to how they were.

It is simply a different country, different people, different culture and a different war.

For Afghani's, the training culture might not have fit them at all. Meanwhile we hear about the Ukrainians as being extremely motivated and learning things faster than a normal soldier would.