‘Everybody is tired. The mood has changed’: the Ukrainian army’s desertion crisis
‘Everybody is tired. The mood has changed’: the Ukrainian army’s desertion crisis
Some of those abandoning the frontline say the longer the war goes on, ‘the more people like me there will be’
After three years of war, Ukraine is desperately short of soldiers, especially infantry. This has made it easier for Russia's army to advance in the east. There are structural issues too. New brigades have been built from scratch. They performed poorly. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, recently ordered a change in policy, with inexperienced recruits integrated into existing battalions.
I dont think the war was ever about really winning, it was about who could bankrupt who the most.
In terms of territory I think Russia might have won, but in terms of financial distress... hard to say.
... The recruitment crisis could be solved, she added, if Ukraine’s allies sent their own troops. If they did not, and Kyiv fell, Vladimir Putin would keep going. She said: “As I see it, it is Europe’s armies that are absent without leave. They don’t understand – or don’t want to understand – that this is their war too.”
yes it is their war because it's the one that they started and now ukraine is paying the price, like a lackey who take the fall for their criminal ceo.