Does Russia Look Destined for Defeat?

Conservative News DailyJanuary 18, 2023

One-year anniversary Russian invasion The anniversary of Ukraine is fast approaching. Most likely, the anniversary will find the Ukrainians In a better place than they were on February 24, when the war began.

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Nevertheless, only 18% of Ukrainian land includes the Crimean PeninsulaThe, is still in under Russian control. The Ukrainians are ready to liberate it once the weather permits.

To allow the Ukrainian military freedom to liberate the rest Ukraine and to bring the violent conflict to an earlier end. the U.S. military It is expanding its training for the Ukrainian forces.

Expansion of the Training in Ukraine

The U.S. military is growing the training It will provide the Ukrainian forces with a training course at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany.

The course will make Ukrainian troops skilled in combined arms warfare. This is the coordination of infantry, artillery and airpower. The course lasts five to six weeks and will initially train 500 troops. Ukrainian troops.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S Army General Mark Milley According to the Washington Post, it could take some time before the Ukrainian troops can be combat-ready and proficiently use any new weapon system.

“We want the Ukrainians to have a capability to successfully defend their country. Ukraine is doing nothing more than defending itself, and they are trying to liberate Russian-occupied Ukraine,” Milley said.

In order to counter the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensives, better coordination will be required between combat arms. Also, more training will be needed for the Ukrainian troops. new weapon systems.

But the U.S. isn’t the only country helping with the training of the Ukrainian forces.

The British Contribution

The United Kingdom The Ukrainian military is also being trained to counteroffensives.

The Ukrainian military has been sending new recruits to the U.K. for several months to attend boot camp and advanced infantry training. The course lasts approximately ten week and trains 10,000 troops at once.

However, technical proficiency in the new weapon systems Equally important is the Ukraine’s reception. Ukrainian troops will soon begin training on the British Challenger 2 main battlefield tank “almost immediately,” According to British Secretary of Defense Ben WallaceLondon gives Kyiv a company 14 Challenger 2 tanks.

As with most of the training the Ukrainian military received on weapon systems, the Challenger 2 tank training will be done in neighbouring countries like Germany and Poland.

One year has passed since Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2019. His campaign went horribly wrong and the Russian forces have suffered severe losses.

More than 100,000 Russian troops Several thousand tanks, artillery pieces and armored personnel carriers were destroyed in the conflict. The Russian military also lost unmanned aerial systems and other weapon systems.

The Ukrainian military is ready to keep up its large-scale counteroffensives. It feels almost like it right now the Russians They are not something you can stop.

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Expert Biography A 19FortyFive Defense and National Security columnist Stavros Atlamazoglou A veteran defense journalist who specializes in special operationsHe is a Hellenic Army veteran (national military service with the 575th marine Battalion and Army headquarters) and a Johns Hopkins University graduate.