Training and tactics were blamed for the failure of Ukraine’s counterattack. Photo/Illustration
KIEV – Training provided by United States of America (US) and other Western countries to troops Ukraine had not prepared them to carry out a counterattack against the troops Russia . That’s what a report published by the Financial Times said last Friday, citing Western analysts and military sources.
“So far, Ukraine has not achieved the desired decisive breakthrough,” a source told the outlet as quoted from RTSunday (17/9/2023).
The same source added that some Western officials believe that Kiev has failed to seize the opportunities offered by massive Western military aid at a time of possibly peak political support.
Some US officials privately complained that Ukrainian troops failed during training to master modern operations combining mechanized infantry, artillery and air defense.
The source claimed the losses Ukraine suffered at the start of the offensive were reportedly “unsustainable, and amounted to almost a fifth of the equipment NATO provided for the counteroffensive” in late May and early June alone. The setback forced Kiev to change tactics and return to an attritional approach.
“Ukrainian forces found it impossible to follow NATO’s doctrine of combined arms warfare involving coordinated actions by infantry, armored vehicles, artillery and air defense,” the newspaper said.
The Financial Times added that the Kiev military still finds it difficult to carry out operations above company (200 people) or even platoon (20-50) level.
According to analysts interviewed by the FT, Western training of Ukrainian troops was “too short” and insufficiently adapted to conditions on the battlefield.
2023-09-17 06:43:01
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