NATO allies are inching closer to sending troops into Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces, a move that would be another blurring of a previous red line and could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war.
Ukraine’s manpower shortage has reached a critical point, and its position on the battlefield in recent weeks has seriously worsened as Russia has accelerated its advances to take advantage of delays in shipments of American weapons. As a result, Ukrainian officials have asked their American and NATO counterparts to help train 150,000 new recruits closer to the front line for faster deployment.
So far the United States has said no, but Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Thursday that a NATO deployment of trainers appeared inevitable. “We’ll get there eventually, over time,” he said.
Lol. Lmao, even. 2nd victory day parade in a row featuring a single ancient tank. This time it wasn’t even a Russian tank. They’re sending mothballed Soviet stock to the front to toss turrets at the front. They’re building sheds around vehicles because they can’t stop drones. They’re still using Soviet style meat assaults with minimally trained conscripts and suffering hundreds of casualties daily. They’re so short of or stingy with armor, troops on the front use unarmored Chinese golf carts to move around. Ukraine is striking Russian soil with homemade drone bombs. Ukraine is destroying aircraft on the ground. Ukraine has struck several training areas and large gatherings of troops because your officers STILL don’t understand why massing within range of HIMARS is a fucking stupid idea. You’ve lost a quarter of your fleet to a country with no navy. Your pmc was so mistreated and mismanaged they fucking marched on Moscow. Russia still can’t maintain air presence without getting shot down. Do you even have usable A-50s left? The war was supposed to be over in 3 days, vatnik. Why is it 2 years later? Russia used to be thought of as the second strongest military in the world. Why is it currently the second strongest military in Russia?