Five Kalibrs Later.

I am sure his instructors told him that it will be as easy as fighting for drug cartels in Colombia. You see. He even sang in Ukrainian. But then something happened ...

Yeah, I know--when shit begins to explode around you and most of your unit is left to rot in the field the bravery evaporates instantly. Yeah, I know--it is called Fire Impact (Огневое Воздействие), especially when Fire Productivity (Огневая Производительность) is beyond the experiences of all those NATO "warriors", who, for some unknown reason, the moment they learn that Russian infantry is getting to them--they run. This was in 2024. 

The veteran said that when he went through training, he never got any real training for peer-on-peer conflict. "A little bit of talking about it and just a little bit of training, but nothing to the point that would have prepared me for the war in Ukraine," he recalled. ... He said that he has seen a lot of Western soldiers struggle in Ukraine as "they already have a set idea about how things should be and everything, and it's just not that way out in Ukraine." He said that US soldiers are used to fighting at an equipment and manpower advantage, but against Russia in Ukraine, "a lot of time I've fought at a disadvantage compared to the enemy."

This pattern--avoiding any combat contact with Russian troops--repeats itself in 2025, time after time.