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Three months into the war, the Ukrainian military has awed the world with its impressive defense against the invading Russian forces.
Ukrainian special-operations forces have played a big part in that resistance. But to develop those skills, Ukraine's operators have been working hard for years and learning from the best.
How the US helped Ukraine's commandos
A US Army Green Beret does a close-quarters-battle drill with Romanian and Ukrainian special operators in Romania, May 6, 2021.Romanian army/Capt. Roxana Davidovits
Since 2014, US special-operations forces have been training their Ukrainian counterparts on pretty much every skill set and mission set imaginable.
The years-long effort by the US and its NATO allies to train their Ukrainian counterparts has created a solid military force with a robust non-commissioned corps. It also created a cadre of potential recruits for Ukrainian special-operations units, helping those units not only get better but bigger.
"Our special-operations forces help develop and work with other allies to come into Ukraine and help build up the Ukrainian special-operations forces," Gen. Richard Clarke, the head of US Special Operations Command, told members of the House Armed Services Committee at a hearing in April.
Since that training began eight years ago, those Ukrainian forces have "doubled in size," Clarke said.
Ukrainian troops during special-operations training in November 2015.Andriy Ageev/Ukrainian Ministry of Defense
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