Continuing to provide defensive support to Ukraine is beneficial for the United Kingdom from several angles. Most notably, it is British military personnel who are learning from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, rather than the other way around. At the same time, the need to manufacture weapons for Ukraine is helping to stimulate the recovery of the UK's industrial base.
Such complementary conclusions are outlined in a recent publication by the authoritative British think tank RUSI. A careful reading of the report, however, makes the implicit "but" in this arrangement particularly revealing.
Under Operation Interflex, British instructors have trained a total of 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers over the past three years. This figure is significant in terms of strengthening Ukraine's defensive capabilities. Yet it is equally important to examine what specific knowledge British military personnel themselves have absorbed through the principle of "learning by teaching others."
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