NATO-trained soldiers are leading Kiev’s counter-offensive

Ukrainian forces underwent months of training in main battle tanks, military tactics and the use of modern weapons. Counteroffensive, still undated, will have the 47th separate mechanized brigade as the head of military operations Kievas collected washington post, which also emphasizes that this unit was formed to fight “as the US Army would”.

Members of the brigade were trained on special simulators where the military skills of the soldiers are tested. Once the offensive strategy is planned, the simulator returned results and determined how the Russians might respond and where they might do the most damage and inflict the most casualties. According to Major Ivan Shalamaha, this “understands the bigger picture” and “helps correct mistakes”.

The 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade is also equipped with modern NATO weapons, as well as Bradley armored vehicles, and he is still waiting for the start of his operations in a secret area near Donbaswhere they will focus their efforts. However, the American newspaper points out that there are also voices criticizing the West’s plan to maximize damage in Russian ranks because the stated strategy could not be implemented without the use of aircraft. And the F-16s that Ukraine is looking for, even if they arrive, will not arrive in time to engage in a counteroffensive.

broken childhoods

While Kiev’s preparations for retaking the occupied territories are underway, several attacks on the Ukrainian civilian population followed yesterday. In Pidgorodne, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian Iskander missile, which is very difficult to detect by anti-aircraft systems, collided with a two-story residential building, killing a two-year-old girl and leaving a total of 22 wounded.

The bombing coincided with the celebration of the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. According to the Save the Children report entitled Stop the War on Children: The Forgotten“more than half of children living in conflict zones in 2021 around HRK 230 millionThey did this in the deadliest war zones, an increase of 9% compared to the previous year.”

Regarding this increase, the spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in Ukraine, Damian Rance, warned of the serious physical and psychological consequences that children face. “All Ukrainian boys and girls must be supported to continue learning now, to be protected and to have the opportunity to reach their full potential”he assured.

The UN Office for Human Rights counted 525 children killed in this war.