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