The Ukrainian military is moving its training underground in response to Russia’s attacks on training grounds, according to Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. This decision comes after a Russian missile hit a Ground Forces training facility in July, killing three people and injuring 18. Earlier, a Russian Iskander-M missile struck a formation exercise in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing and injuring an undisclosed number of Ukrainian troops. The incident was reportedly identified by Russian reconnaissance drones.
To improve troop training and safety, Ukraine has extended its basic combat course to 51 days and added new modules on drone warfare, trench survival, and engineering. The revised training program aims to better protect soldiers from enemy attacks.
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