We had "advisors" in Ukraine just like we had "advisors" in Vietnam long before the war officially began, and those "advisors" weren't just "advising," in Vietnam or in Ukraine.
Remember that mysterious "training accident" a couple of months ago where four US troops "drowned" when their tank sunk in a "Lithuanian" bog?
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/us-soldiers-dead-lithuania-mission-1053202
"Lithuanian training mission" my ass. Total lie, total coverup.