Posted on 03/06/2024 7:00:26 PM PST by hardspunned
KYIV — Even as he promises international partners that Ukraine will handle the fighting if given needed weapons and other support, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top military commanders have failed so far to come up with a clear plan to conscript or recruit many thousands of new soldiers critically needed to defend against Russia’s continuing attacks.
The quandary over how to fill the ranks has confronted Zelensky with perhaps the greatest challenge to his leadership since the start of the February 2022 invasion. The lack of a clear mobilization strategy — or even agreement on how many more troops Ukraine needs — factored into Zelensky’s dismissal of his top general in February, but the new commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, so far has brought no new clarity.
Syrsky has been tasked with auditing the existing armed forces to find more combat-eligible troops, after Zelensky’s office recently announced that of the 1 million people who have been mobilized, only about 300,000 have fought at the front lines. But nearly a month after his promotion, no one in the military leadership or the presidential administration has explained where those 700,000 are — or what they have been doing.
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Victoria Nuland is resigning so I guess he has one recruit right?
If he can hold out until Trump takes office the outcome could be more positive.
On day one he’ll tell Zelensky to give up Donbass/Crimea or else he gets nothing..
On the same day he tells Putin he keeps Crimea/Donbas and nothing else. If he doesn’t like it Ukraine gets everything.
Europe won’t lead. When Thump leaves office we leave NATO.
Needs more war slaves.
We’ve been paying the salaries for 700k people who don’t exist.
This is a given.
But they can get at least one supposed crack pilot, they just have to collect him from Luzern.
How do you misplace 700,000 troops when you are desperately trying to mobilize 500,000 more? Color me confused
If Z puts total Uke deaths at the laughable number of 31,000 rather than a real figure of 431,000, we have just located 400,000 of the missing 700,000. They are dead.
We have at least 700,000 military age young men recently in this country illegally. Since FJB is Z’s best buddy & is desperate to send Z more billions, send him what he really needs .... “troops”! Round ‘em up & send them over.
The missing ones probably walked across our southern border and now they’re getting drunk in a rent free shelter.
Deserters
He should lead by example. Pick up a gun and head for the front line.
2. Having 30% of your total ground force actually involved in combat would be a far higher percentage than the US has had, at least since the Civil War.
3. I don’t doubt ghost soldiers are an issue, on both sides. The original reason for having a unit form up, with full kit, perform the manual of arms, and have a senior officer walk down the rows, inspecting the completeness of the men’s uniforms and equipment, was to make certain a CO drawing pay, food, clothing and equipment for 800 men, had 800 men, armed, uniformed, and possessing at some military training. The Ukes have less margin for corruption than the Russians, and they better be holding unannounced inspections.
Heh, don’t waste your time on me. Contact Z and Syrskyi, they’re the ones performing the audit to figure out where they are and what they’ve been doing. Yeah, this very similar the American Civil War. Lee and McClellan were always losing track of 700,000 of their troops.
Here’s clue, Zelensky. Your 700,000 have no voice. They are in your graves.
Z-Man intends to launder money to the last Ukrainian life.
Mountains of coke, more boats, more real estate.
Saw the interview where he was tweaking fiercely.
Becomes beyond obvious when you turn the audio off and just look at the twitching he did.
Ukrainian election interference.
Ukrainian assistance is the Impeachments of Trump.
Trump is so thru with Ukraine and they are finished.
Trump will not collide with Zenlinski or with Putin. He will simply announce that he removing the CIA and US personnel from Ukraine, and that Zenlinski had a peace deal and will have to remain in Ukraine until after his term as president expires.
Ukraine gets the middle finger from Trump. They threw their lot in with Corrupt Biden.
The only thing Trump will do for either Russia or Ukraine is offer to end sanctions and make Ukraine neutral with no NATO presence.
Ukraine gets the middle finger from Trump.
They threw their lot in with Corrupt Biden.
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Why is it so hard to say “ It is over?”. I knew it from day one when senile Joe started his massive war with Russia campaign….it appears his words “ to the last Ukrainian “ is upon them, quicker than thought.No amount of $$$ can save them… Now what Joe?
Another Afghanistan debacle is unfolding, that one cost the US taxpayers dearly, this Ukie debacle has already exceeded those losses. When do Americans wake up? …everything senile Joe touches turns to $hit….as we have witnessed.
That and the billions in equipment we just left laying around in Afghanistan afterwards.
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