Reporting with Chicago’s @wgnradio and Poland’s @tvpworld | Donations welcome here: ukrainianfreedomnews.comOct 2nd, 2025“My former unit would not last 48 hours out there.”That’s what a US Special Forces veteran said after seeing Ukraine’s front lines. **Please subscribe to my daily Ukraine Substack email: https://lnkd.in/dCQkhKm6 **Western militaries—trained for Iraq, Afghanistan, & “traditional” wars—are unprepared for the drone swarm battlefields of Ukraine. U.S. veterans who’ve seen Ukraine say Western armies don’t understand:⦿ drone swarms: land, air, sea⦿ electronic warfare everywhere⦿ battlefield adaptation in days, not yearsMeanwhile, Western defense procurement offices cling to 20th-century habits. Arguments in Washington & Brussels often sound like this:➡️ “Traditional defense systems are superior.”➡️ “We won’t fight that way.”Both are illusions. ZELENSKYY AND THATCHER AGREE:At the UN Zelenskyy showed the world a lesson learned the hard way: If you are not well-armed, you cannot protect your liberty.