Western training for Ukrainian troops was extended at Ukraine's own request. The head of the UK-led training deemed it a "brave" call as it means fewer get trained. He said Ukraine is focusing on ...

Western training for Ukrainian soldiers includes trying to make them as "lethal as possible" while also preserving ammunition, as they lack the deep ammo stores of their Russian foes. Col. Boardman, ...

Western partners are training Ukrainian soldiers with water balloons that are dropped from drones. Other armies have tried things like tennis balls, but in the UK, it's water balloons that mimic the ...

VELYKA NOVOSILKA, UKRAINE — Relief for Ukraine’s exhausted and outgunned fighters is now arriving after Congress passed a foreign aid package that included $61 billion to support Ukraine’s war effort ...

Ukrainian troops trained by NATO say they are left underprepared for the war with Russia. They said their Western instructors don't have experience in fighting this kind of war. Western armies have ...

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Western training for Ukrainian soldiers involves water balloons dropped from drones, mimicking grenades. The training is supposed to be relatively realistic to prepare troops for the battlefield.