A 2016 U.S. Army assessment of Ukrainian military units that had participated in a U.S-led multinational training program identified key weaknesses in Ukraine’s ability to combat Russian forces.
The military’s public, multinational training program, meanwhile, “adjusted in size, scope and scenario as the Ukrainian Armed Forces progressed in its combat training center development plan, and as the Ukrainian security forces program continued to grow and expand its institutional- and national-level development and training,” Maj. Scott Kuhn, the media division chief for U.S. Army Europe and Africa Public Affairs, told Yahoo News.
The U.S.-trained Ukrainian forces also clearly identified materiel, like anti-weapon radar systems, which it said was in short supply and could help them in their battles in Donbas. The report also detailed the Russians’ advantage in air defenses and electronic warfare, which made it difficult for Ukrainian forces to send aircraft or drones over separatist-held territory.
Pro-Russian forces also created detailed dossiers, with pictures and biographical information on Ukrainian frontline soldiers, advertising bounties for killing them. These bounties were posted alongside disinformation claiming that Ukrainian soldiers were “eating babies” and other falsehoods, according to the report.
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