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.
I definitely believe the man power shortages are real, but if Ukraine is increasing training time, that seems to indicate they’re at least not stuck in a downward spiral of sending ever-less-prepared troops to rush to fill gaps.
Hopefully, these better trained troops will be able to hold longer, creating a positive spiral such that troops can be rotated more often.
Absolutely, this is a positive thing. To me it also means that Ukraine isn’t losing units as much as it was at the start of the war.