Article written by Pedro Gerhardt Corrêa and Victor Calastri Manzoni
The US military began training approximately 100 Ukrainian soldiers on German territory over artillery and radar systems. According to the Pentagon, will be used to defend Ukraine against Russian invasion. This training was instrumental in the robust defense of their capital Kiev and the struggle they are fighting in Donbass.. The training helped transform Ukraine from a Soviet-style army to a more agile and deadly force..
A large part of this training on the new defense systems, which is being carried out with Ukrainian troops, will be held by Florida guards. About 50 Ukrainians were trained using a Howitzer, a long-range weapon. Besides that, plan to teach trainees how to use radar systems and armored vehicles. John Kirby, Pentagon spokesperson, said that training of Ukrainian forces is also taking place in other parts of Europe, but did not disclose the locations.
This preparation of Ukrainian soldiers, is intended for soldiers who are training in Germany to return to Ukraine and train their teammates so that they can increase their armed forces and have a better chance of defending themselves against Russian attacks. Besides that, the American army has as its main motivation, help Ukrainians with useful and constructive training, thus avoiding long trainings and targeting trainings for quick learning tactics and consequently helping the Ukrainians to return as soon as possible to their country and defend it.
In this way, the measures adopted by the US government were of great help, President Volodymyr Zelensky had declared that without new weapons this war would be lost, because Ukraine would not be able to fight the Russian army and it would be an endless bloodbath. Besides that, Ukraine claimed that a white phosphorus chemical weapon had been used by the Russian army, a chemical element that has been banned since 1997, however, Russia denies this statement and manifests itself saying that they had discarded the aforementioned weapons. concluding that, effective training of Ukrainian troops and arming them, by the Americans strategically contributed to the Ukrainians fighting the Russians in their nation.
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