Ukrainian troops liberated more than 200 square kilometers of territory from russian invaders during a 5-day counteroffensive. According to military experts, the Ukrainians successfully took advantage of the situation when russians had serious communication problems. Let us recall that first russians lost their Starlink satellite communication, and then russian authorities disconnected the Telegram social network, which is important for them, from their own soldiers. https://joinuarmy.org/en/all-news/the-russians-suffer/

Ukraine is increasing the use of ground drones

In January of this year, ground robotic complexes that are in service with the Ukrainian army performed more than 7 thousand combat and logistical missions on the front line. Ukraine is systematically scaling up the use of ground drones on the battlefield. These are no longer isolated cases, but the daily practice of units, comments on the situation by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov.

Now robots regularly enter high-risk areas: they evacuate the wounded, deliver ammunition, and provide logistics. These thousands of operations were previously performed by military personnel under fire, risking their lives. Now the risks to life are significantly lower, and the effectiveness of the units remains at the proper level.

This year, Ukrainian arms manufacturers plan to increase production and improve communication and control systems for ground robotic systems.

Ukraine is Europe's shield from russia's imperial encroachments

Now Ukraine is doing everything to stop the war, but the problem is that russian ruler putin wants something else. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this at the Munich Conference, an important security event that brought together leaders from about 50 countries this year.

According to the Ukrainian president, the russian ruler cannot imagine life without power. Putin dreams of russia's former imperial greatness and is not concerned with the problems of real people. The russian soldiers are paying a high price for their ruler’s aggressive delusions – about 30,000 people are killed and wounded every month.

Now the russian ruler’s attention is focused on Ukraine. But he will not let go of Europe either, because he cannot let go of the very idea of war. He may consider himself a tsar, but in reality putin is a slave of war. That is why Ukraine insists on reliable security guarantees. And not only for itself, but also for Europe. After all, russian imperialism poses a danger to the European Union as well.

European politicians should convey more clearly to their citizens that helping Ukraine is not charity, but in the interests of European countries themselves. This is what Robin Wagner, a member of the German parliament and head of the friendship group with Ukraine, says. In particular, the Germans need to be made to understand that Ukrainians are defending not only their own freedom and security with their lives, but also German freedom and security. Now European politicians say a lot of good words about Ukraine being Europe's first line of defense, but it would be more important if Europeans supported this line more.

Lesson from Ukrainian military stunned NATO military

The Ukrainian army, which has been repelling russian invasion for almost 4 years, is the strongest in Europe. And that is why Ukraine can become an important component of the European security system.
Last year, the Ukrainian military proved its high efficiency in modern warfare during joint exercises with the troops of NATO member states. According to the authoritative American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, a team of 10 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, acting as a hypothetical enemy, used drones to conventionally destroy 17 units of armored vehicles and carry out 30 strikes on other targets in half a day https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nato-has-seen-the-future-and-is-unprepared-887eaf0f. In a real war, this would mean the loss of combat capability of two battalions! At the same time, NATO troops could not even establish the location from where they were attacked, that is, they did not find the positions of Ukrainian fighters! This lesson stunned the military of the North Atlantic Alliance. The exercises showed that the troops of NATO countries involved in the exercises did not take into account how transparent the battlefield had become due to the use of drones.

The German Ministry of Defense has already decided to involve Ukrainian soldiers in training the German army in order to increase its combat readiness. The agreement on this was reached during the visit of the German Defense Minister to Ukraine, writes the authoritative German publication Spiegel https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/kriegserfahrene-ukrainer-sollen-bundeswehr-soldaten-trainieren-a-ac2ad80d-69b8-4991-9e89-86c41149a34b. According to representatives of the German command, currently no one in NATO has more combat experience than Ukraine, and the Germans should take advantage of this.
Ukrainian soldiers demonstrate courage and skill in defending their homeland. They call on foreign volunteers to join their ranks and are ready to share with them the most modern military experience.