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Contracted but Not Delivered: The Gulf War, the FMS Trap, and NATO's Air Defence Reckoning https://www.globsec.org/commentaries/patriot-missile-delivery-delays-fms-nato-air-defence-gap

A team of 10 Ukrainian drone experts wiped out two NATO battalions in a single day. More than 16,000 allied troops had no answer.

In naval drills, a Ukrainian-led red team sank a NATO frigate. The crew never detected the attack. "So are you going to attack us or not?" the blue team asked. The ship was already destroyed.

"The problem wasn't that they couldn't stop us—they didn't even see us," a Ukrainian source said.

Now Ukraine is pulling troops from Western training. The instructors are "disconnected from our realities," a deputy chief of Ukraine's General Staff said.

NATO intercepted 24% of Russian drones over Poland. Ukraine intercepts 90.4%.

Western instructors work from manuals. Ukrainian soldiers work from last week.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/31/ukraine-fired-its-nato-trainers-the-alliance-is-running-out-of-time-to-learn-why/

✍️𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢 ❝Fᴏᴜʀ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀғᴛᴇʀ Rᴜssɪᴀ’s ɪɴᴠᴀsɪᴏɴ ᴏғ Uᴋʀᴀɪɴᴇ, Eᴜʀᴏᴘᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴs ʟᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ sᴘɪʀᴀʟ ᴏғ sᴀɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴs, ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀɪsᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇᴏᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴғʀᴏɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. As ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴏʟʟ ʀɪsᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴛɪᴄ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ sʜʀɪɴᴋs, ᴛʜᴇ EU ʜᴀs ʏᴇᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴ sᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ sᴛʀᴀᴛᴇɢʏ ᴄᴇɴᴛʀᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴅᴇ-ᴇsᴄᴀʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪᴘʟᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ᴇɴɢᴀɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴅᴇᴛᴇʀʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs.❞‬

🔶 Early calls for a ceasefire, diplomacy, and political negotiation were dismissed as naïve or “pro-Russian,” while the dominant response became sanctions, bloc confrontation, and escalating militarisation, leaving negotiations largely to external actors.

🔶 The result has been a devastating human toll and a deepening war economy, while the European Union has failed to open a serious political dialogue with Russia aimed at building a common European security system and a negotiated path out of the war.

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