Allies closest to Russia are rapidly absorbing Ukraine\u2019s battlefield lessons. This shift could reshape NATO defense planning and readiness on the eastern flank.<\/p>\n
Poland, the Baltic states, and Northern European countries show the strongest interest in Ukraine\u2019s combat experience due to their proximity to Russia and a sense of threat from a possible conflict.<\/p>\n
This was reported by Valeriy Vyshnivskyi, Director of Program Implementation at the NATO-Ukraine Center of Analysis, Training and Education (JATEC) and Ukraine\u2019s Senior National Representative at JATEC, during an interview.<\/p>\n
The nature of interaction and views on the character of the war<\/p>\n
According to him, it is the Nordic countries, Poland, and the Baltic states that show the greatest sensitivity to Ukraine\u2019s war experience.<\/p>\n
They are simply geographically closer to Ukraine and Russia, closer to the fighting, feel the threat more, and thus study our experience more<\/p>\n
\u2013 Valeriy Vyshnivskyi<\/p>\n
Vyshnivskyi noted that some NATO allies located farther from the Alliance\u2019s eastern flank believe that a potential war between NATO and Russia would have a different character compared to the current Russian-Ukrainian war.<\/p>\n
I sometimes hear from colleagues in NATO countries farther from Ukraine: the Alliance will fight a different war \u2013 not like Ukraine<\/p>\n
\u2013 Valeriy Vyshnivskyi<\/p>\n
This implies that colleagues from the Baltic states, Scandinavia, and Poland are more deeply immersed in the context of events and better understand the overall picture, expecting a different nature of the conflict, but on the same front line on which certain forces are already operating.<\/p>\n
International conclusions and Ukraine\u2019s role in boosting defense readiness<\/p>\n
According to the German Ministry of Defense, NATO needs Ukraine\u2019s combat experience and practical expertise, particularly in the use of unmanned systems, to strengthen its own defenses and deter Russia.<\/p>\n
This emphasis underscores the importance of sharing experience between allies and Ukraine within the current framework of defense policy and military capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allies closest to Russia are rapidly absorbing Ukraine\u2019s battlefield lessons. This shift could reshape NATO defense planning and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8349,10819,10820,101,9,10821,10822,10818],"class_list":["post-16057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-baltic-security","tag-drone-tactics","tag-nato-defense-lessons","tag-news","tag-poland","tag-poland-military-interest","tag-ukrainian-combat-experience","tag-ukrainian-combat-experience-nato-defense-lessons-poland-military-interest-baltic-security-drone-tactics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}