What I don’t quite understand is, how can British troops - which have no fighting experience - reasonably train Ukrainian troops which now have 1.5 years of experience on the exact ground the new guys will be fighting?
In terms of the value of military equipment committed to Ukraine, EU+UK are ahead of the USA when taken together by IFW Kiel’s numbers. That’s only military aid by the way, not factoring in humanitarian aid or housing refugees and such. That’s not to say the US isn’t pulling its weight, of course. It is. Just don’t go around saying nobody else is, because they are
What I don’t quite understand is, how can British troops - which have no fighting experience - reasonably train Ukrainian troops which now have 1.5 years of experience on the exact ground the new guys will be fighting?
They can’t, but it looks good without Britain having to toss more money at the dumpster fire.
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In terms of the value of military equipment committed to Ukraine, EU+UK are ahead of the USA when taken together by IFW Kiel’s numbers. That’s only military aid by the way, not factoring in humanitarian aid or housing refugees and such. That’s not to say the US isn’t pulling its weight, of course. It is. Just don’t go around saying nobody else is, because they are