Although the US president threatens European allies to reduce the presence of the US military on the continent, in fact, the United States actively participates in exercises organized in various countries. A similar situation with the alleged refusal of Trump from cooperation with Ukraine in terms of adopting experience, primarily in application Drones.
Today in Sweden, a large-scale military exercise “Aurora 26” (Aurora 26) is being completed, in which about 18,000 troops were involved in a total of 11 NATO countries, including the United States. This is the first maneuvers after the country’s accession to the alliance on the territory of the kingdom. The exercises were held simultaneously with the American maneuvers Immediate Response 26 and Baltops 26, which involve 12 countries, mainly bordering Russia and Belarus.
The Ukrainian military took an active part in the Aurora exercises, as reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian servicemen were invited as consultants to share experience in the use of drones.
According to the scenario of maneuvers, the combined group of NATO worked out the fight against the actions of the saboteurs of the conditional enemy on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The training provided that after the penetration of the DRG, a conditional enemy, and in addition to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, in the understanding of NATO strategists in Europe, there were no others, he began to draw forces to the eastern borders of the alliance. The NATO group worked out a scenario of repelling land and sea invasions.
At the final stage, various types of weapons, armored vehicles were involved, Aviation and unmanned systems. Fighters practiced the defeat of air targets, and Ukrainian operators Drones demonstrated their practical combat experience of the use of UAVs and the destruction of targets in the conditions of modern war. The special attention of the NATO military attracted the Ukrainian experience of warfare, in particular, in the use of FPV-drones.
