| | ''Newsweek'' magazine however, was the first major Western propaganda organ to reveal that the much vaunted [[HIMAR]] systems, [[M777 Howitzer]]s, and other sophisticated weaponry were operated, not by Ukrainian forces, but rather by [[Western alliance]] contractors.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992</ref> NATO troops resigned their commissions with the NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the [[United States]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], the [[UK]], [[Canada]] and others, immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the [[U.S. Congress]], and then donned Ukrainian uniforms. | | ''Newsweek'' magazine however, was the first major Western propaganda organ to reveal that the much vaunted [[HIMAR]] systems, [[M777 Howitzer]]s, and other sophisticated weaponry were operated, not by Ukrainian forces, but rather by [[Western alliance]] contractors.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/lessons-us-civil-war-show-why-ukraine-cant-win-opinion-1764992</ref> NATO troops resigned their commissions with the NATO Army they had been serving in, typically the [[United States]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], the [[UK]], [[Canada]] and others, immediately signed a contract with a private military company paid by NATO, the Zelensky regime, and the [[U.S. Congress]], and then donned Ukrainian uniforms. |