Inside the virtual battles Ukrainian soldiers are fighting with top-of-the-line fake guns to train for real combat

Mar 15 2025 by Business Insider

 
Ukrainian servicemen search for a target with an FIM-92 Stinger launcher on the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region in May 2024.

AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko

BI visited a facility in Kyiv where Ukrainian soldiers use virtual simulators to train for combat.One soldier training on air defense weapons said it helps him gain muscle memory with the system.The founder of the company making the simulators believes future training will be entirely virtual.

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