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British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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What I don't quite understand is, how can British troops - which have no fighting experience - reasonably train Ukrainian troops which now have 1.5 years of experience on the exact ground the new guys will be fighting?
You clearly do not read the news much do you. Afghanistan, Iraq x 2, Kosovo. This is as well as the covert ops the UK has taken part in. As for the Ukraine having 1.5 yrs of experience, they have kept the Russians at bay partly because of the advice from NATO as well as experience on how to use the weapons donated.
There is nothing to be gained by training in Ukraine. This is just political points scoring by the Tories who are under immense political pressure from their own party. This is placing a target on the personnel who will be based in Ukraine. It also opens the UK to attacks without the backing of NATO behind it. NATO only applies when the country is attacked first.
I'm sure they could be of use for showing them specifics on weapon platforms and such.
They can't, but it looks good without Britain having to toss more money at the dumpster fire.
In terms of the value of military equipment committed to Ukraine, EU+UK are ahead of the USA when taken together by IFW Kiel's numbers. That's only military aid by the way, not factoring in humanitarian aid or housing refugees and such. That's not to say the US isn't pulling its weight, of course. It is. Just don't go around saying nobody else is, because they are
Iirc many eastern European countries are sending more equipment and weapons per capita than the US like Poland.
Yeah but they don't have the cultural and media power of the US.