“What seems more likely, is [Russia] will try to launch some kind of localised offensive.” However, while Russia may aspire to launch an offensive in the new year, it’s not likely they will be able to, says Major General Rupert Jones, retired Standing Joint Force Commander.
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On the same topic, New Voice of Ukraine:
Reported yesterday:
Ukraine may get to pre-war lines if more weapons provided, says Ukraine’s army commander.
Valery Zaluzhnyi (Photo:Головнокомандувач ЗС України/CinC AF of Ukraine)
It is completely realistic for Ukraine to get to the lines of Feb. 23 if more weapons are provided to the country, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi said in an interview with the UK weekly newspaper The Economist on Dec. 15.
“I get what I get, but it is less than what I need,” he said.
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According to Zaluzhnyi, with the kind of resources he has available at present he can’t conduct new big operations.
“I know that I can beat this enemy,” the officer said.
“But I need resources. I need 300 tanks, 600-700 IFVs (infantry fighting vehicles), 500 howitzers. Then, I think it is completely realistic to get to the lines of Feb. 23. But I can’t do it with two brigades.”
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“It is not yet time to appeal to Ukrainian soldiers in the way that Mannerheim appealed to Finnish soldiers,” Zaluzhnyi added, referring to Finnish wartime military leader and statesman Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim’s famous appeal to his troops of Aug. 8, 1944.
“We can and should take a lot more territory.”
The retired General admitted (possibly unintentionally?) that the allies are carefully calibrating the level of assistance “to avoid escalation.” In other words, the “trickle down” approach to essential supplies.
A commenter calling himself “indeed” has said:
“I would hope NATO provides more advanced kit and flatten the Russians, both to shorten the war and its cost in terms of lives lost and money wasted.”
Gen Zaluzhny knows what he needs and has already told The Economist in his interview.
Failure to give the General what he needs is assisting genocide. Furthermore, the defenders have clearly not got enough to deter the putinazis from making any more land grabs. The nazi turds still think they can win. Ukraine’s defences need to be such as to make any putinazi advance utterly futile. Clearly we are not there yet.
What does he mean by “I can’t do it with two brigades?” He must have
at least 100, preferably a lot more?
Of course, Ukraine has far more than just 2 brigades. Either a typo, a translation error, or he was being sarcastic.
So, in the West, they think it’s okay to keep the essential stuff from Ukraine just to satisfy their spinless cowardice.
I gotta go puke…
This recently retired General has let the cat out of the bag IMO. A coordinated trickle down policy, whilst innocents are being raped, tortured and murdered.
This General is a good bloke and obviously pro-Ukraine, but he does not seem to see the significance of what he says. Rather like Milley, who went out of his way to rubbish Ukraine’s chances of retaking Crimea.
In the British army, officers are always referred to as “Ruperts”; being a disrespectful reference to them being upper class. This “Rupert” on the whole is ok though.
Ukraine cannot win quickly as long as trickle down is in force. It has to be completely overhauled. The putinazi vermin are torturing children for God’s sake.
The West, unfortunately, is still looking at this world with rose-colored sunglasses. They still haven’t wakened up to reality.