DEEP DIVE — Whereas Ukraine presses for extra army assist from the West and fewer restrictions on using NATO weapons, the nation’s scarcity of skilled troops is elevating contemporary issues amongst commanders and political leaders.
As Russian forces make gradual however regular beneficial properties in Ukraine’s japanese Donbas area – lately seizing Vulhedar, a coal mining and transportation hub – the Ukrainian army is blaming deficits of weapons and troopers for its battlefield retreats.