The United States has much to learn from Ukraine, because it is already five years has been fighting against “pro-Russian separatists”. This was stated by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent in an interview with Military Times.
According to Kent, Ukraine has become a laboratory for Russia in recent years, in which various techniques and procedures are practiced, which are then used by Moscow in other parts of the world, for example in Syria. Much of the military equipment, developed by Russia and then applied in other regions, according to a US State Department official, first tested on the territory of Ukraine.
Ukraine is a laboratory for various techniques and procedures. The Russian military set up a sniper training school here. Instead of shooting at a distance in Russia, they just do it on the Ukrainian front
– he said.
Kent claims, what Russia used in Ukraine “the whole spectrum” its military doctrine, also called “hybrid war”, then Moscow uses proven methods against the US and NATO in Europe.
In this way, claims Kent, US military, training the Ukrainian army, can get for themselves “a lot of new” about the tactics of the Russian army. This is necessary because, that “moment of invasion” Russia to Georgia 2008 a lot of time has passed and Russia's tactics have changed in many ways.
I think, what, while we help the Ukrainian military develop immunity against Russian aggression, we have a great chance here to learn about Russia's modern methods of war in Ukraine. I would say, that the US military is very closely monitoring, how the Russians are fighting in Ukraine and what equipment, tactics and techniques they use
– emphasized the representative of the State Department.
