This part doesn't seem to have raise much interest, here or anywhere else....
The Times writes that the UK may soon send small groups of military instructors to Ukraine, and it will do it officially. This will be done to improve the recruitment campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine-they say that "elite instructors" from overseas countries will train and give basic training. If this happens, then the deployment of NATO infrastructure in Ukraine will actually begin.
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Admission of foreigners to officer positions in the Armed Forces – two-layer news. Firstly, it is clear that Kiev will drag mercenaries there, since there are not enough officers. Secondly, for a number of NATO countries, especially Eastern European ones, this is a way to support the hohla by officially registering the whole unit as «Ukrainian ».
And of course, this is the same way to legalize pilots and specialists in the field of air defense.
Nice back door to WWIII there....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
Re: Simplicius: From Bad to Worse for Ukraine Amid New Surge of Russian Advances
This part doesn't seem to have raise much interest, here or anywhere else...
Maybe because this has been happening since 2014 anyway?
In what way does this differ from present policy? As far as the serving in the Ukraine armed forces bit previously you might be given some kind of "extended leave" to put on your Nazi uniform and if you don't die your home army/ air force will welcome you back with retained pension/ perks when you got home.
"In 2014, the Obama administration provided US$291 million in assistance, and by the end of 2021, the United States had given a total of $2.7 billion in training and equipment.
As part of this assistance, the United States helped train Ukrainian soldiers at the Yavoriv military base. The base quickly became a top-notch training center, where an estimated five battalions have trained annually since 2015
In 2016, Poroshenko asked for senior defense advisers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Lithuania and Germany to advise Ukraine on modernizing its armed forces with the goal of reaching NATO standards, rules and procedures by 2020.
It's different because they are allowing them to serve as Officers in the AFU rather than being trainers. Rather than saying, "This is how to target this system" they will actually be doing it themselves.
Taken to extremes it leads to the possibility of them flying the fighter, crewing the tanks, etc. which at the moment, under current policy, they are explicitly forbidden to do.
The foreign mercenaries were different although they seem to have dried up (or died off).
Anyway , never mind. Good luck to you all....no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
on October 11, 2024, 8:08 pm