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Ukrainian drone brigade distances itself from ex-volunteer commander's criticism (kyivindependent.com)
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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

His accusations really aren't that far off from what I've seen from eg. some Finnish officers – not specifically related to the drone unit but to the Ukrainian military itself.

While I have no doubt that there are a lot of very professionally run units in Ukraine, quite a few of them still have many of the issues that come with being a post-Soviet military. They're not quite as egregiously bad as Russia's, thankfully, but when the general staff and a lot of the senior officers are mainly Soviet-trained, it's hard to get rid of that sort of thinking