DEEP DIVE — Whereas Ukraine presses for extra army assist from the West and fewer restrictions on using NATO weapons, the nation’s scarcity of educated troops is elevating recent issues amongst commanders and political leaders.
As Russian forces make sluggish however regular good points in Ukraine’s jap 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.