00:00The war in Ukraine has forced NATO to rethink its defense approach.
00:05The main challenge for the West is to re-establish the capacity to produce weapons on a large scale.
00:11amounts, according to former Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli, in a
00:17interview for the Boots on the Ground podcast.
00:19Cavoli stated that he was surprised by how quickly the weapons reserves were being depleted.
00:24of NATO countries due to aid to Ukraine, as well as the weakness of the base
00:30Western defense industry, unable to quickly replenish those reserves.
00:35The large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine demonstrated that the production capabilities of the United States
00:40The United States and Europe were designed for times of peace, not for total war, he points out.
00:46The shortage of artillery ammunition arose particularly quickly.
00:50Therefore, according to Cavoli, one of NATO's key strategic objectives in the coming
00:56The goal for years is to re-establish the capacity for mass production of weaponry and to innovate rapidly.
01:02similar to what is happening in Ukraine.
01:05When discussing the nature of modern warfare, the expert emphasized that the main
01:09The lesson of the Ukrainian front is the unprecedented scale of military operations.
01:14Russia lost more than 4,000 main battle tanks in this war.
01:204,000.
01:21In comparison, the United Kingdom has around 200 and is reducing its fleet to around 150.
01:28France has an active fleet of about 220.
01:31Canada has 74.
01:34Russia lost more tanks than the entire fleet of a major ally, multiplied several times over.
01:40times, and has also replaced those losses, Cavoli noted.
01:45According to the general, this scale is comparable to what happened during World War II.
01:50Cavoli emphasizes that the allies won then not so much thanks to the talent of their generals,
01:56but thanks to its fantastic industrial power.
01:59As has been reported, at the beginning of the invasion, Ukraine was completely dependent on its allies.
02:05to receive assistance.
02:06But now the allies are receiving in return an increasingly Ukrainian experience
02:11more useful, which is already influencing NATO's military doctrine.
02:15We also reported that the Ukrainian Navy received, for the first time in its history, the
02:20right to command NATO forces after successfully completing the NEL-2 assessment during
02:25the joint military exercise Seabreeze 2026.
02:28The Ukrainian Navy's Mine Countermeasures Headquarters obtained the status of
02:34fully trained for the mission, confirming its ability to operate in accordance with standards
02:40of the NATO joint command.
02:43During the Ukrainian-American exercise Seabreeze 2026, the Countermeasures Headquarters
02:50of Mine Countermeasures Vessels of the First Division of the Ukrainian Navy
02:54It successfully completed the NATO Level 2 assessment, or NEL-2.
03:00After extensive evaluations, the unit received the Mission Ready rating.
03:07As explained in the Guidance Document, Evaluation and Feedback Program
03:12From the NATO Operational Capabilities Concept, the NEL-2 assessment does not focus
03:17not only in interoperability, as in Level 1, but also in full preparedness
03:22unit operations. Successful completion of this level confirms
03:27that the unit is capable of carrying out combat missions in accordance with the standards of the
03:32Allied Operations Command forces. For the first time in the Navy's history
03:38Modern Ukrainian, a unit has been officially integrated into the Command and Control System
03:43of NATO's Maritime Mine Countermeasures. This means that Ukraine now has
03:49with the capacity, confirmed by the Alliance, to command and control multinational forces
03:55subordinates, interact at the level of the NATO Standing Mine Countermeasures Group
04:00and carry out the full range of maritime mine countermeasures missions, it notes
04:06the statement.
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