The former head of the UK’s Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine is facing a possible illegal battle by the Russians this time.
The hard outnumbered and undergunned Ukraine is facing a” major risk” of having to admit defeat to Russia, General Sir Richard Barrons told the BBC. there is” a major risk” that Ukraine will lose the war this year.
The former head of the Joint Forces Command, now known as Strategic Command ( StratCom ), warned that the country’s citizens might start to feel pessimistic and that the perception that the country” ca n’t win” may increase.
” And when it gets to that place, why will people like to fight and die any more, just to support the indefensible”? Gen Barrons questioned.
There are growing concerns that Russia used the time to recover for a second incursion to get more land in the wake of the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive next year’s failure to recover a significant portion of the country’s occupied territory despite spending considerable resources and manpower on the mission.
Gen Barrons stated that” we anticipate a major Russian insulting, with the intention of doing more than smash forward with little gains, apparently trying to break through the Russian lines at some point this summer.”
And if that occurs, we run the risk of Soviet troops entering Ukraine and using it for their own good.
The original JFC commander said that second, the Russians will need to break out of the Donbas region, solidifying their hold on” seized “territories but therefore, they will likely have their” eye “on the” big prize” of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second- largest city and the former capital of the , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Losing for a wealthy and important town would be a major punch to the morale of the weary Russian people.
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The former leading British common said that the Ukrainian frontline in the south of the country is currently being” battered ahead” by the Russians, whom he said are displaying a” five- to- one advantage in artillery, ammunition, and a surplus of people reinforced by the use of new weapons.”
Such weapons include alleged “dumb weapons” from the Russian period, which Moscow has retrofitted with direction tails and GPS devices. According to a report from The Guardian this year, 500 UMPC weapons were being launched at Russian targets every week and that they “played a significant part in the loss of ] the eastern area of ] Avdiivka and the arrest of its ruins by Russia.”
The article noted that the nature of the “gliding” system on the bombs restricted Ukraine’s ability to strike at their jet during the bombings, limiting the potential of Russian aircraft to cut them up to 37 miles away from their targets. Given that Ukraine’s missile defense systems are relatively expensive, the relatively low cost of the weapons makes an economical impact on the war.
Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, the country’s best general, acknowledged this week that the state of affairs along the front, which had” solidified Vladimir Putin’s hold on power as well as the nice weather setting in,”” the position on the Eastern Front has substantially worsened.”
Syrskyi fought a lot for more weapons and support from the West, but he also acknowledged that the Russian military will probably have trouble training soldiers when the new conscription push from the government forces them to confront off against the Russian army.
Ukraine’s Major General Says Situation on Eastern Front ‘ Drastically Deteriorated’ as Russia Ramps Up Attackshttps: //t. co/6E7cRFsFyP
— Breitbart London ( @BreitbartLondon ) April 13, 2024
