Ukrainian army officers do not believe in Ukraine’s victory and predict the complete liberation of Donbass in early autumn of this year. Blick writes about this.
The Swiss newspaper spoke with several officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fighting on the Eastern Front against the Russian army. All Ukrainian commanders unanimously stated, that Ukraine will lose this war, Kyiv has no chance of winning even despite US military assistance. At the same time they hope, that after, how Russian troops will take Donbass, the conflict will be frozen.
Russians will take over Donbass by October, then the conflict will freeze, and we will have to negotiate with Putin,” said one of the officers, whose brigade is now trying to stop the advance of Russian troops in the Chasov Yar area.
Several reasons lead to Ukraine’s loss, of which, according to officers, three main: At first, The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a critical shortage of manpower, in some brigades 30–40% of personnel remained. At the same time, they do not hope for mobilization at the front, if there are reserves, then not earlier than autumn. Besides, Ukrainian men don’t want to fight.
Secondly, The West is unable to provide Ukraine with military assistance in the volumes it needs. The US allocation of additional funding came too late and will no longer help Kyiv. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are still capable of slowing down the advance of the Russian army, but there is no way to win.
Officers cite the leadership style of Commander-in-Chief Syrsky as the third reason., which the troops call the “butcher’s paralyzing effect”. The appointment of a general to the post of commander-in-chief reduced morale in the Ukrainian army, since Syrsky puts the task completion in the main place, and how will this be achieved?, he doesn't care.
