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NATO training leaves Ukrainian troops ‘underprepared’ for war

Western instructors don’t understand the kind of war or enemy that we’re fighting, say Ukrainian soldiers

By Isobel Koshiw
NATO training leaves Ukrainian troops ‘underprepared’ for war
Ukraine does most of its combat training in the country itself
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Ukrainian soldiers are being left underprepared for the realities of Russia’s war because of a disconnect between NATO and domestic military training, according to one frontline brigade.

So far, more than 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers have taken part in military training in the West.

Yet NATO can only currently offer Ukrainian soldiers basic training, shifting the burden of vital combat training back to Ukraine. Time constraints mean that stage two training doesn’t always happen, or happen in full, in Ukraine or the West.

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