A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) from a launcher during a training exercise in the Donetsk region on April 7, 2023.
A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) from a launcher during a training exercise in the Donetsk region on April 7, 2023.
  • Ukrainian soldiers have received billions of dollars in Western security assistance to fight Russia.
  • Sometimes, the weapons they've been given don't come with instructions, or have other issues
  • Kyiv's troops say they've FaceTimes with Western military officers for help, a new War on the Rocks report says.

Ukrainian soldiers fighting off invading Russian forces have enjoyed the delivery of loads of security assistance from NATO partners, but when this weaponry arrives in Ukraine, things aren't always the way troops need them to be.