Ukranian Forces on High Alert????? What does that mean in the face of the Russian Army?
It means Russia rolls right in...
Next stop yet to be determined.
Meanwhile, Obambi sucks his thumb in the Oval Office.
It means the Ukrainians will blow some smoke but are not going to fight for the Crimea. The Russians have already starting disarming some small Ukrainian units in the Crimea. Everything will be wrapped up there in a few days I would think.
I agree its one-sided, but you also have to take into consideration that the Russian Army can only focus part of its military on Ukraine, and probably won’t do a full-scale mobilisation the way Ukraine will. If push came to shove, its not guaranteed that the Russians could just steamroll over them...
Before Desert Storm, it took three months for us to get the equipment in place to face Saddam's military, followed by a month of air strikes. I expect Ukraine's military, which has a shoestring budget, will take at least weeks to get ready. They were on peacetime alert status, which - for a low budget military - meant zero readiness, whereas the Russians had probably been gearing up for this operation months in advance.
It's easy to invade. It's the steady trickle of casualties, coupled with the cost of a long war that wears invaders down. The Russians strolled into Afghanistan after a frenetic spec ops mission that killed a disfavored Afghan Marxist who had assassinated their favorite. Almost a decade and 13,000 KIA later, they decided it wasn't worth the trouble and left.
From what I recall Ukraine has one of the largest militaries in Europe. However, I doubt the nation nor the military can offer anything that reassembles a united front. Unification of purpose is what’s needed to repel a Russian route. The Western interests will need help, but no Western country is in any position to help. That’s what I think based on my limited knowledge. I hope this thing doesn’t get wheels and drag us in. If so, Obama has to go by hook or crook.
They've all been issued bongs.
About as much as the Polish army meant in the face Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht.