Are the military reports of the United States and Great Britain about the futility of the training of the Ukrainian military?

Almost simultaneously, photos of documents of the American and British military departments appeared on the Web on the results of the training of the Ukrainian military in the UK. According to reports, the Ukrainian military does not even reach the basic level of training according to NATO standards. We checked the authenticity of these documents.

Photos of the reports of the US Army and the UK appeared on the Internet with a difference of about a week. First American report, allegedly anonymously merged into the network, spread through the Russian Blogs and Telegram-channels. VKontakte group "Great Russia - this country cannot be defeated" Commented Document: “The report says that fire and tactical training for Ukrainians is very bad, a low level of moral state and motivation. But they learn medicine well, I want to live, I suppose. ” In a few days, another one got on the Internet reportbut already the army of Great Britain. Someone allegedly sent him to the editor Ussa News. The news picked up Telegram-channels And Users social networks. The British report says that "Ukrainians could not even go through the first level of the basic training of NATO."

Both reports-American and British-evaluate the contingent of the Ukrainian military who have undergone military training in the UK in July-August 2022. Since the beginning of July, Great Britain Accepts Ukrainian military for training according to the standards of basic military training of Great Britain. Each course lasts several weeks.

Both reports indicate the inability of the Ukrainian military to achieve even a primitive level of military training according to NATO standards. In American Report It is written: “According to data received from instructors and consultants, Ukrainian military could not achieve even the lowest military standards in close combat exercises and physical education. Moreover, rifle training is no better. The comprehensive standards of military training of NATO and the United States are unattainable for 95% of students. Ukrainian soldiers failed to learn how to handle American and British assault rifles and light machine guns, respectively. Thus, the local command had to request the provision of Soviet -style small arms. Namely, the local command approved the purchase of copies of AK assault rifles, Zamatov machine guns (production of former Yugoslavia, Serbia). This led to a significant and unplanned increase in the military expenses of Great Britain this year. ”

British document -This is an alleged answer to someone’s letter in which the author expressed concern about the quality and effectiveness of the training of the Ukrainian military in the UK. Responding to the letter, the Secretariat of the British Army allegedly writes: “Your concern may be due to the fact that the Ukrainian military does not reach the first phase of the level of basic military skills of the UK / NATO. <...> Regarding your commentary on the necessary improvements of the accelerated basic training course, I cannot guarantee changes, since the command is completely satisfied with the current state of affairs. Moreover, this event is aimed at raising the morale of the warring Ukrainian units, and in this it is very effective. Nevertheless, the service is very grateful to you for your professional report. ”

In both documents, parts of the text are painted black, apparently, to hide especially secret dates, names and details of the briefing. Judging by the fact that we were not able to find documents without an editing in the public domain, the data was painted by the one who posted supposedly confidential documents on the Internet. Similarly, the military department of Great Britain is received - it paints the personal data of the addressee when it publishes its Answers to the requests of citizens. The difference is that the Ministry of Defense posts non -confidential documents in accordance with law About freedom of information. And the authors of the news about the Ukrainian military allegedly illegally drained secret documents, for some reason by analogy, painting some details. Readers can only guess what secret skills taught Ukrainians in the UK.

Both documents raise many questions. For example, the American report for some reason is written on the form Development Counseling Form, which is used to document consultations conducted by the commander with his subordinates to improve their indicators or behavior. For some reason, the headline of the form, the instructions for filling out, the personal data of the chief and subordinate, some dates and inscription “Page. 1 of 2 "below the form. In the text itself there are many lexical and stylistic errors. For example, in English, a reverse oblique feature (\) is never used to record dates. As a division of groups of categories (separates thousands of hundreds), among 10,000 is used comma, not a point. The text is mentioned several times the term “physical education” (Physical Education), which sounds strange in the context of military skills (rather, there should be Physical Training, that is, “physical training”).

Seven errors are made in the medical training paragraph: “I have to admit that medical Instruction Results (the verb“ are ”) Consedered Being (should be the infinitive“ to be ”instead of the gorundia Being) on ​​(missed the article“ A ”A) HIGH HIGH Level. UKRANIAN TROOPS Show (missed the article "A" A) good KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS in Handling (extra preposition "with") with (missed "The") Wounded and Coping. This can be translated by the Russian language: “I must admit that the results of medical instruction are considered at a high level.

Finally, non -existent terms are used in the text. For example, Joint Nato Rapid Response Forces. Apparently, we are talking about NATO response forces (NATO Response Force) that are usually Russian Translated like "NATO quick response forces."

There are also a lot of inconsistencies in the British document. For example, the army of Great Britain called "British Army", not "British Royal Army". Instead of the expression, “Raise the Morale) is written“ Raise the Moral ”. In several cases, American spelling of words is used instead of British. For example, Defense (instead of Defense) and Authorized (instead of authorized). As in the American document, in a British letter there is also a reverse oblique feature (UK \ NATO), which in English is used only in mathematical formulas and computer code.

With a high degree of probability, it can be argued that both of these documents were written by people for whom English is not native. And, judging by the strange format, these people are not related to the armed forces of the United States or Great Britain.

The earliest mention of the American document we managed to find in the Russian Telegram channel "Operational reports", And British - on the site Ussa News. Most likely, they became sources of fake documents on the incomprehensibility of the Ukrainian military.

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