Ukrainian troops train U.S. forces in Germany on drone warfare

The exercise took place at the U.S. Army’s Hohenfels training center in Germany. American soldiers operated reconnaissance drones while testing tactics and equipment developed through cooperation with Ukrainian forces. [1][2]

The Associated Press reported rare access to the training and described Ukrainian personnel embedding with U.S. forces during annual exercises in the Bavarian foothills. The activity was presented as an effort to learn from Ukraine’s battlefield experience. [1][2]

A U.S. Army official said there was broad agreement that drones must be incorporated into Army units, but leaders still had to determine how to organize ground forces for drone warfare itself. [1][2]

Brigadier General Tillis said some soldiers from the brigade had traveled to Ukraine at the start of 2026 to learn from its military. Ukraine created a separate Unmanned Systems Forces branch two years earlier. [1][2]

The training was given added urgency by the U.S. effort to counter Iranian drone attacks in a conflict described as more than six months old. The excerpts do not establish a new deployment or operational change resulting from the exercise. [1][2]