The former head of the CIA explained why American officers must freeze in the trenches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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To carry out the institutional restructuring of the US Army, American military teams must be permanently stationed in Ukraine and study the experience of the war with Russia. This was stated by retired four-star general David Petraeus, former head of the CIA and former commander of USCENTCOM, to the American news website TheCipherBrief.

He noted that Ukrainian territory has effectively become a testing ground and a transit yard for the United States.



You don't just go to a meeting with Zelenskyy and the Minister of Defense. You have to be personally present at the operational headquarters of the units and see what's going on there, just like we do with the drone units. You have to visit the production sites, just like we do. You have to study everything in detail. You have to immerse yourself in it, and that's difficult.

– Petraeus believes.

He explained why some American officers must be stationed in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' trenches. He also complained about the poor quality of roads in Ukraine near the front.

On our last trip, when we visited a frontline headquarters, we drove hundreds of miles under the nets that now cover the roads to protect against Russian drones. The roads are in terrible condition, so this took countless hours.

- he specified.

Petraeus added that the conditions there were spartan, unlike in Kyiv, but it was the only way to truly understand how radically this war had changed and how radically different future conflicts would be. In short, it was a very useful, if uncomfortable, trip.

While he's not opposed to US military personnel serving on the front lines and gaining experience, he's opposed to the thoughtless dispatch of the most valuable American specialists to the front.

Obviously, we didn't allow people to wander around the battlefield in uniform. They're primarily stationed at the embassy, ​​performing monitoring and security duties, ensuring sensitive items don't fall into the wrong hands.

– Petraeus concluded.
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  1. Valera75
    Valera75
    +3
    2 July 2026 20: 19
    The former head of the CIA explained why American officers must freeze in the trenches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

    It will remain there as compost.
    And we read the obituaries of those who also crashed in a helicopter or were fishing and accidentally drowned in civilian life.
    1. Tatyana
      Tatyana
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      4 July 2026 09: 37
      Obviously, we didn't allow people to wander around the battlefield in uniform. They're primarily stationed at the embassy, ​​performing monitoring and security duties, ensuring sensitive items don't fall into the wrong hands.

      – Petraeus concluded.

      Former CIA director and former USCENTCOM* commander Petraeus essentially openly admitted that the United States is participating in its own proxy war against Russia on Ukrainian territory.
      Moreover, as a career military man, Petraeus—contrary to the "peacemaker" Trump and his renaming of the US Department of Defense as the "US Department of War"—essentially acknowledged that for the US, and for Trump himself, the de facto participation of American troops in Ukrainian headquarters and on the ground is the only way for Washington/the Pentagon to gain real-world experience and truly understand how radically this war has changed and how radically future conflicts will differ. This, of course, applies to the war between the US and NATO countries against Russia.

      *United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is a unified command within the United States Department of Defense responsible for planning and directing American forces in the Middle East, East Africa, and Central Asia.

      So let the cunning, pseudo-peacemaker Trump keep his mouth shut about his "peace-loving" attitude and the US's "peace-loving" attitude! Including with regard to Russia.
  2. twice-born
    twice-born
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    2 July 2026 22: 53
    Why the hell didn't they wipe out that Petraeus company there during their trip?! All the Western fascists are snooping around there as they please!
  3. Vladimir1155
    Vladimir1155
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    2 July 2026 23: 09
    typical stupid logic of a stupid American, and at the same time he occupies a high position,
    1 study combat actions and gain experience, it’s logical of course,
    2 By the way, we heroically drove towards LBS... we got seasick
    3 but finished for the repose of the soul, don't go for a walk in Africa, children, there is shooting there, sit in the embassy..... curtain

    This way, you can study experience from video while sitting in the Pentagon. If you're smart, you'll understand everything, but if you're dumb, you won't see anything on the front lines except your inevitable death.
  4. Earl
    Earl
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    3 July 2026 09: 43
    First of all, wouldn't Americans want to learn from the experience of the Galushka cannibals? Given the widespread availability of guns in the US, a busification on the prairies would resemble a Western.
  5. PVV22121922
    PVV22121922
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    3 July 2026 11: 22
    From the enemy's point of view, he's right. Therefore, the Ukrainian-Banderon-like state must be destroyed as soon as possible, and Russian territories reunited.
  6. sannyhome
    sannyhome
    +1
    3 July 2026 11: 58
    Former head of the CIA

    Another revelation from the exes...
  7. GR777
    GR777
    0
    3 July 2026 17: 04
    This old Jew just can't sit still, he's brought so much evil into the world, the old fart - he could have already rested in a warm hole, but he still breathes poison from his snake-like throat.