Western experts command NATO artillery troops in Ukraine — People’s Militia

The Ukrainian military is not yet able to operate sophisticated NATO weaponry themselves, that is why Western experts act as troop commanders, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) lawmaker Andrey Bayevsky told TASS.

"As for the 155 mm caliber guns or the same [US-made multiple launch rocket systems] HIMARS - this is already quite a sophisticated type of weaponry. It is impossible to retrain personnel in one or two months so that they can start using it. That is, they can, they will fire it somewhere, but they will not be able to use it properly in terms of conducting an effective fire attack. That is why we regularly record that with each weapon that is more or less technically complicated the real calculation commander is a Western expert," the official said.