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Ukraine’s new commander has three ways to win the war: training, drones and culture change (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,610)
El nuevo comandante militar de Ucrania pretende librar una guerra más moderna
Ukraine’s new army chief has a famous, no-nonsense way to fight Russia
Mykhailo Drapatyi: Ukrainians hope new commander will end army’s ‘Soviet culture’
New defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov is trying to reform the army. The generals are unimpressed
Mykhailo Fedorov has been trying to reform the army. The generals are pushing back
Drapatyi’s rise could decide whether exhausted Ukrainian troops get the training, drones and honest leadership they need to hold…
The generals pushed back at his efforts to modernise the army
Marketing and human-resources departments are key
Robert Brovdi leads Ukraine's drone forces in targeting Russian infantry, with December marking the first month Ukrainian drone…
