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VELYKA NOVOSILKA, UKRAINE \u2014 Relief for Ukraine\u2019s<\/a> exhausted and outgunned fighters is now arriving after Congress passed a foreign aid package that included $61 billion to support Ukraine\u2019s war effort \u2014 and it is having immediate effects in repelling Russian advances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia has made slow and steady gains after a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive<\/a> last summer. Another front was recently opened by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, where pressure is mounting on already overextended Ukrainian brigades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the aid, 155mm artillery ammunition is heading straight to the front, where Ukraine\u2019s guns \u2014 also buffered by a Czech initiative<\/a> to purchase artillery shells \u2014 continue to fire in the face of a Russian offensive. Also included in the aid are HIMARs munitions and long-awaited ATACMS missiles to improve Ukraine\u2019s long-range strikes, which have proven capable of hitting Russian logistics and troop concentrations deep within occupied territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, fresh stocks of air defense munitions \u2014 notably, interceptors for Ukraine\u2019s Patriot systems \u2014 will help stifle Russian missiles launched into Ukraine\u2019s cities and civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGive us the shells, and we can finish the jobs ourselves\u201d is a refrain heard throughout the frontlines, where Ukrainian soldiers I met recently discussed the need for aid and its impact on morale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a dugout a few kilometers away from Russian positions, we watched as a Ukrainian artillery brigade repelled an assault on their trenches<\/a> after being issued an influx of shells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, most analysts agree the most recent aid package will simply buy Ukraine time, perhaps a year, to fix fundamental weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond weapons, Ukraine needs a long-term strategy to address a serious manpower deficit against the Kremlin\u2019s seemingly endless supply of troops. And if it ever wants to attempt another offensive, a training overhaul will be a crucial component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ukrainian troops play with Stary, the unit’s adopted cat. (Tom Mutch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Those needs remain prominently on display near the town of Velyka Novosilka, where hardened, weary soldiers paused from the frontlines and discussions of war to play with \u201cStary,\u201d a blue-eyed gray kitten the brigade rescued during operations in the nearby town Staromaiorske.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018No idea what we are facing here\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just months earlier, these same soldiers had fought like hell to pry the town, located in the Donetsk region, from Russian control. It\u2019s now almost jarring to see them \u2014 muscular, bearded and battle-scarred \u2014 reduced to coos and smiles while watching Stary catch mice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome in the West have no idea what we are facing here,\u201d said Alexander, an officer with Ukraine\u2019s 121st Territorial Brigade. \u201cComrades of ours were at NATO training in Germany, being taught how to operate tanks ahead of the counteroffensive. One soldier asked the instructor what to do if you encountered a minefield. \u2018Oh, you just drive around it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This anecdote quickly became a running joke among soldiers on the frontline, where, just weeks later, Ukrainians on what would be a failed offensive encountered minefields hundreds of kilometers wide, with as many as five devices per square meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with the influx of U.S. aid, Ukrainian and Western planners are looking to training methods that will avoid the mistakes of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One key concern raised by Ukrainians and their partners has been that Western troops cut their teeth in environments, such as Iraq or Afghanistan, where they had a significant technological advantage and total air superiority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ukrainian soldiers near from the Velika Novosilka frontline. (Tom Mutch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When visiting a training base in southern England in 2022, one trainer, a New Zealand army officer<\/a>, warned me that the training might not be adequate to meet Ukraine\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuite frankly, we\u2019ve never fought this kind of war before,\u201d he said, adding that their team\u2019s experience had come almost entirely in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, trainers did their best to simulate the environment in Ukraine\u2019s bloodier trenches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe try and give them something close to live fire,\u201d the officer said. \u201cThey are practicing artillery on the light fire range \u2026 and we do fire maneuver ranges as well as battle simulation. We\u2019ll have loud bangs that simulate artillery, we have exercises where we bring in amputees and dress them to make it look like that amputation was caused by artillery, and make the recruits responsible for treating that individual.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This training, however, left out significant components of the fights Ukrainians routinely encounter. Several soldiers specifically raised concerns over the lack of drones during training \u2014 now ubiquitous on the battlefield \u2014 both for reconnaissance and assault purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others, like Yuriy, an officer with Ukraine\u2019s 80th Air Assault Brigade, which has fought around the city of Bakhmut, praised the trainers while acknowledging a serious lack of time \u2014 compared to any Western military \u2014 afforded to master what was being taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ukrainian troops train in the U.K. (Tom Mutch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Training in Germany] was \u2026 a change of environment, and all the instructors were very polite,\u201d he said. \u201cIn all six days, we didn\u2019t hear a raised voice. If something wasn\u2019t understood, no one would shout. They would explain 20 times if needed. Our methodology in Ukraine is slightly different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe training was very intense. Since we arrived late, they gave us an extra hour of sleep, and the training started in the morning. [But] in six days, we covered all the theories that NATO artillerymen go through in half a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nazar, a driver with the 80th Air Assault Brigade, noted the importance of soldiers, regardless of their specific job, being trained to handle all situations that may arise in battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDriving is my [specialty], but I learned this [gun]. \u2026 We have managed the system in a way where everyone could be replaced if needed. So, as a driver, I can direct the gun, clean it and shoot. \u2026 Training that would be needed [is in] tactical medicine, new ways of mining and how to work with drones. But [mainly] \u2026 electronic signals intelligence and camouflage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mobilization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian training suggestions come amid a major debate within the country about the necessity of mobilizing hundreds of thousands of extra troops to create new brigades. Doing so could also mean rotating out exhausted soldiers who have spent years on the front with little rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Watling, a land warfare fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, pointed out that it is not just specific tactics training soldiers need, but training to learn a whole new paradigm of battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou could double the size of the Ukrainian armed forces [and] conscript twice as many people into it and it wouldn\u2019t actually make any difference,\u201d he told the Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd if you scale a military from 150,000 ground forces to 700,000 ground forces, then the number of people who\u2019ve been through staff training and who are practiced in the organization and synchronization of that military activity is going to be too few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to now shift \u2026 to a more deliberate training process to make sure that troops are properly prepared for attack. \u2026 If I can only move 120 people at you at a time, because that\u2019s how many people I can conduct the command and control for, that is a much smaller problem that you\u2019re presenting to me than if you can move a whole brigade of 3,000 people at me across multiple directions. But that requires a lot of synchronization and planning and therefore trained officers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other experts think the bulk of Western training should be more specialized, focusing instead on preparing officers to direct troops in combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large part of Ukraine\u2019s failure on the battlefield last year was due to an inability to coordinate among brigades, as well as between artillery support, air power and mechanized units that were assaulting prepared Russian positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Kofman, an analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, told Military Times part of Ukraine\u2019s struggles with these \u201ccombined arms maneuvers\u201d has been the result of a bandwidth issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo train and equip the force you need the capacity,\u201d he said. \u201cHence, mobilization is likely to be constrained by the system\u2019s potential to absorb new recruits. One solution is to expand training in Ukraine with Western support including financing, simulators and advisers where necessary. Western training should focus on helping Ukraine scale its ability to employ and coordinate forces above company level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As deliberations continue regarding best training practices, Ukraine\u2019s troops on the ground continue to hold the line against Russian assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And despite steep odds, they remain confident of victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know we will win,\u201d one soldier on the frontline told me. \u201cIt is up to our Western allies at what cost, and how long it will take.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olena Skachko contributed to this report from Ukraine.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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