Ukraine’s military leadership plans to extend basic military training to two months to enhance the preparedness and safety of soldiers, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced on Dec. 27.

He noted that recent graduates had completed a revised 1.5-month training course, an improvement from the previous 30-day standard.

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[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It sort of is working though, since Russia does not give a shit about their people or how it affects the country in the long term. Ukraine also has massive desertion issues currently, so hopefully more training can help with that since morale is not great after the last few years. Russia is basically slowly grinding down Ukraine and I don't see how that's going to change without more actual support (and yes, I know a lot of the training is done by allies already).

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It's working in the sense that they're gaining ground and heavily pressuring the Ukrainian defenders. However, it will only work in the long term if they're able to pressure the defenders to the point where the defending troops deteriorate over time.

If Ukraine is able to withstand the human waves while increasing training time and producing/receiving more materiel than they lose, it will eventually turn around, at the point when the human waves start being exhausted, while Ukraine has managed to scale up the quality and quantity of it's troops and materiel.