Expelling Russia from Ukraine and bringing an end to the deadly, costly conflict will take more than NATO tanks and the determined hearts of Ukrainian fighters, according to a new report exclusively obtained by CTV National News.
is well into its second year. While valiant, brave and committed, Ukraine's army is David to Russia's Goliath military force.
Two of the authors are former high ranking members of the U.S. Special Forces. The third, who spoke to CTV News on the condition of anonymity, is a former major with the Canadian Armed Forces. In an effort to conceal his identity, CTV News has agreed to refer to him as Matthew. The White Papers are broken down into multiple sections. One section titled "Lack of Combined Arms Operations" highlights the lack of co-ordination between Ukraine's armed units, which the report says is resulting "in greater losses of life and equipment as well as failed operations."
The White Papers state Ukraine's military command philosophy for training "is based on the legacy Soviet model" calling it a "commander centric system with no delegation of authority in training, planning, and especially operations.""They can’t engage targets of opportunities the way we could," notes Matthew.
Shmyhal admitted the "Russian army is a Soviet style army, never will a small Soviet army beat a big Soviet army. The only way to win this war is to have a strong standardized NATO army in Ukraine."
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