NATO trainers say Ukraine's rapid wartime pace is spotlighting just how slowly the West moves in peacetime

Ukrainian soldiers are working at speeds that allies can't match, and Western training led by allies at peacetime has had to adjust. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images NATO trainers say Ukraine's wartime pace is exposing Western bureaucracy. Operation Legio is reshaping how allies think about speed and innovation. Leaders say peacetime processes won't work in a future major war. Working with Ukraine's soldiers has shown NATO trainers how far Western peacetime processes often lag behind the pace of a military fighting for its survival. Norway runs Operation Legio, a multinational effort that trains Ukrainian troops at Camp Jomsborg in eastern Poland while feeding battlefield lessons back into NATO militaries. Maj. John, the S3 Operations Officer in charge of synchronizing the training operation, told Business Insider that there's "a lot of learning to be done for European nations."