Ukraine is failing to apply NATO training fully, argues German document (Image: Getty)

       An alleged intelligence report from the German army has suggested that Ukraine's counter-offensive efforts are facing challenges due to the incomplete implementation of training received from Western militaries.

       According to the confidential document obtained by the German Bild newspaper, Kyiv's strategy involves spreading its troops too thinly across the 1,000km front line and launching attacks with inadequately sized units.

       While Ukrainian soldiers who received training from the West have demonstrated significant progress, the problem lies with their commanders, who lack the same level of training and experience from NATO-standard instruction.

       According to the military document, the Ukrainian military prefers to promote personnel with combat experience over those who have received NATO-standard training.

       As a result of this strategy, commanders demonstrate significant leadership weaknesses, resulting in inaccurate and risky battlefield decisions.

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       Ukrainian army continues its offensive on the frontline Avdiivk (Image: Getty)

       The Ukrainian military had not yet responded to the report as of Tuesday night.

       Senior British military officials condemned the leak and its results in the Telegraph, claiming that unfairly criticising Ukraine did not provide constructive support.

       According to the German Bundeswehr, Ukraine is jeopardising its manpower advantage by carrying out operations with units of only 10 to 30 soldiers, which are insufficient to break Russian lines.

       According to the evaluation, tiny unit sizes increase the likelihood of friendly fire incidents and fail to consolidate enough Western-trained soldiers to be operationally effective.

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       Ukrainian soldiers are fighting in multiple combat zones along the 1,500-kilometre (932-mile) front line, but the counteroffensive — focused in the Russian-occupied east and south of the country — has been slow going.

       Small units are being deployed to probe a Russian army that is deeply dug in, and minefields must be cleared before Ukrainian soldiers can attempt to root them out.

       Any initial momentum from the opening phase of the counteroffensive has given way to sluggish advances.

       Territorial gains have been minimal, despite highly publicized Western donations of military hardware that heightened expectations of a quick Ukrainian breakthrough.

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       For its part, Russia has stepped up operations in the north of Ukraine, near Lyman, in the forests of Kreminna, in a possible attempt to corner Ukrainian troops there.

       Ukrainian soldiers fighting along the front say the ferocity of Moscow’s artillery barrages has surprised them.

       Russia forces' advances in Kreminna are threatening to roll back Ukranian gains made in the earlier Kharkiv offensive.

       Ukraine's best hope for a breakthrough appears south-east of Bakhmut but causalities are mounting as waves of mobilised are sent to soften up Russian positions and take the brunt of artillery strikes.

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