Posted on 07/10/2022 6:11:22 PM PDT by Mariner
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, ordered the Ukrainian military to re-establish control over coastal regions in southern Ukraine. Ukraine is amassing a million-strong fighting force in order to achieve this goal.
Source: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, in an interview for The Times [of London]
Details: "Ukraine is massing a million-strong fighting force equipped with western weapons to recover its southern territory from Russia," The Times wrote.
Reznikov said that President Zelenskyy had ordered Ukraine’s military to retake occupied coastal areas which are vital to the country’s economy.
Quote from Reznikov: "We understand that, politically, it’s very necessary for our country. The president has given the order to the supreme military chief to draw up plans. After that the general staff are doing their homework and say to achieve this goal we need XYZ […] This is my job. I’m writing letters to counterparts in partner countries […]"
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Or the esteemed Defense Minister is full of it and blowing smoke for domestic consumption.
Stand by for the great Ukrainian counter attack. In the south. Massed forces. Engagement in the field.
So they claim...
P2 orders Zel to make his oligarchs [and their purchased US toadies] pay for their defense.
So the idea is that the million-strong army will be made up of NATO forces?
Facts are the Ukie army is depleted, true, they have shipped 10,000 conscripts to England for military “training”, but they are scrapping the bottom of the barrel. A million man army? What? 60 year olds? Grandma’s?
Western MSM failed to report they are now conscripting woman, of child bearing age. Two words- Desperation and suicide. Why are Biden’s war cheerleaders hell bent on suicide?
Did he wave his magic wand and say “make it so”? 🤪
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/09/ukrainian-soldiers-arrive-uk-training-british-forces
“British forces have begun training Ukrainian soldiers in a new programme to help in their fight against Russia.
Up to 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers will arrive in the UK for specialist military training lasting several weeks. The first cohort met the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, on Thursday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed.
Wallace, widely expected to launch a campaign to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative party, described the programme as the next phase of Britain’s support to the Ukrainian army.
“Using the world-class expertise of the British army we will help Ukraine to rebuild its forces and scale up its resistance as they defend their country’s sovereignty and their right to choose their own future,” he said.”
The Brits will experience the decades old EU saying, “ When shaking hands with a Ukrainian, be sure to check how many fingers he stole”….
“Did he wave his magic wand and say “make it so”? 🤪”
Yeah, I heard he did.
It’s all over the internet. It must be true.
Just make sure not to tip off the Ruskies to your plan.
Time to find out how badly mauled is the remaining Red Army.
Zelensky calls out for more cannon fodder, I hope what’s left of Ukraine’s army rebels against him soon.
“Time to find out how badly mauled is the remaining Red Army.”
IF there occurs an actual, real assault by Ukraine with the intent to take back territory.
I don’t expect we’ll see that any time soon.
It appears all they can do is harass the occupants of the territory. But drive them out of Kherson or any other occupied territory?
Not a chance in hell. If they can put that much force in one place (one front), it would shortly be incinerated.
” A million man army? What? 60 year olds? Grandma’s?”
Ever read any military history? How large were the armies in WWII? Ukraine has 7 million fighting age men. It’s improbable that they don’t get to 1 million.
If they announce they are attacking south, and then attack south, I’m not going to have much sympathy for them. If, on the other hand, they announce they are attacking south, and then drive north into Belarus, then it might show that they have some competence.
Taking Back Kherson in the first test. It looks totally doable, but Kherson is going to be Seviedonesk’d. But unlikeSevierdonesk, tt will be hard for Russians to re-enforce the Mykolaiv Oblast, and ALL the supply lines are well within HiMARS range.
The odds of Russia holding Kherson are low and the Mayor has told everyone to get out because its going to be leveled.
Meanwhile, the Russia people still have no idea how many Russian kids have been killed, but they did show the Chechen leader on state TV, basically asking Putin to become a state sponsor of terrosism (by sending a Jihadi team into Latvia & Polanmd... on live TV) and he also managed to get in 3 or 4 Alhuha Akbars, so that is nice.
This will go over great with the Russian people, I’m sure.
‘Incinerated’...by what? Russia’s advance is halted and the Ukies are hitting targets in Russia now. Some thirty ammo dumps have been blown up this week and Russia can’t replace all that ordnance.
The Ukies are getting all manner of supplies.
So it’s not a bad time for the Ukies to launch an offensive. I’d love to see them drop the Kerch bridge to reduce supplies into Crimea.
So the idea is that the million-strong army will be made up of NATO forces?
No. This is quite obviously an attempt to obtain additional financing. Likely the very last round. Then it is the run time.
They don’t even have the arms, ammo, equipment or manufacturing base to equip them. Take into account they are losing 1,000 men a day through KIA, MIA, WIA, POW ,desertions, illnesses, etc ..( by Ukie MOD and Brit MOD reports) it is unsustainable. Even with conscripting woman as they are doing, it is a pipe dream.
Take into account Vlad ( or his Congress, the Duma) has not even mobilized Russia’s current 990,00 active man army, plus two million reserve army on hand ( not a wishful thought but fact) makes Zelensky’s claims comical, he is of course a comedian by trade. Don’t get sucked into Biden’s war.
Source is Pravda ... translates to propaganda in English.
The actual English translation is "The New York Times."
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