In contrast to the Ukrainian military, not American they were under the fire of the Russian artillery or rocket systems of volley fire. Therefore, the U.S. armed forces have a lot to learn from units of the armed forces, said in an interview with Defense News the commander of U.S. army in Europe, General Ben Hodges.

“The Americans haven't been under the fire of the Russian artillery or rocket fire. And the Ukrainians were, and it was interesting to hear what they learned,” said he, commenting on the past in the Lvov area joint military exercises.

American General also said that he was impressed with how the Ukrainian troops were able to adapt in combat and training units in parallel with participation in the war against the Russian invaders.

“I was amazed how the Ukrainian military are working to fix flaws and enhance your capabilities. I saw when at Rapid Trident Lieutenant General of the armed forces of Ukraine Anatoly pushnyakov led five officers who recently returned from the front. Each of them stood before a group of people from 18 countries and described their experiences and lessons learned. It was very impressive and just destroyed all the stereotypes regarding their technical capabilities and their readiness to conduct a critical self-examination and to talk about it publicly. It was one of the most professional things I've ever seen in any army. They were very Frank, saying “we were not prepared to do that, but that's the way we've adapted,” said Hodges.

The commander of the U.S. army in Europe also noted the professionalism of Ukrainian soldiers, who, according to him, are received from the Americans protivostoyanie radars even better than do the U.S. armed forces.

“We have provided Ukraine light protivostoyanie radar and they used them very effectively. Actually, they used them as we have not used ourselves, and it turned out so effectively that we were not even aware that was possible,” added Hodges.

Source: http://news.liga.net/