U.S. military instructors are already using lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine to train soldiers for possible future clashes with adversaries such as Russia or China, the Associated Press reported. “I think at the moment the whole Army is really looking at what is happening in Ukraine and trying to learn lessons,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told the AP. According to the AP, this month’s training at the National Training Center includes Russian-speaking role players. The script focuses on enemy forces that use social media to spread propaganda about US troops, as well as forces that use missiles to try to seize cities. Wormuth told the AP that the crisis in Ukraine shows how important the intelligence sector will be to US forces. Prison. General Curt Taylor said the goal is to train brigades on how to use all their tools in battle to carry out a coordinated attack, including dealing with cyberbullying. Russia has used the internet and state media to disrupt the narrative that Ukraine is the aggressor. Using real images from the war, the propaganda machines give a different explanation for what happened. Another part of the training will focus on dealing with an enemy willing to use missiles to strike civilian areas, the AP reported. Russia has attacked hospitals and apartment buildings, including civilian buildings. Ukraine, along with several other countries, has accused Russia of war crimes in targeting civilian areas. “We have to be prepared for a civil battle where we have an opponent firing indiscriminately artillery,” Taylor said.
