NATO needs to learn from Ukraine without copying its acts of desperation, commander says

Ukraine has inspired allies with its development of and success with drone warfare, but it has also had to rely on drones when other weapons may be better suited. Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images NATO is racing to absorb Ukraine's hard-won lessons from fighting Russia. But a Norwegian commander warned against copying everything Ukraine does. Some Ukrainian tactics exist "because they don't have a choice," he said. Western militaries are learning lessons on modern warfare through the training they provide Ukrainian troops , but one NATO commander says they need to distinguish between what Ukraine does because it works and what it does because it didn't have a better choice. Norway is leading Operation Legio, a multinational effort to train Ukrainian soldiers at Camp Jomsborg, a purpose-built training camp in Poland. There, Ukrainian troops and instructors with battlefield experience work alongside Western trainers.