As an aggressor country, Russia does not have the strength to achieve its main strategic goal – the complete occupation of Donbass.
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Until the end of this year, the enemy army will not be able to capture the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The professional units of the Russian Armed Forces were destroyed in overwhelming numbers in 2022, and now the command of the occupiers is throwing untrained mobilized troops into suicidal assaults. Also, the Russians use more artillery shells than Russia is capable of producing. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, said this in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
At the same time, Budanov admitted that the Ukrainian Defense Forces, inferior to the occupiers in numbers and weapons, are in a difficult situation.
And Russia, according to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, has already proven that it can find recruits easily and quickly. There are now 510 thousand occupiers in Ukraine, and Moscow itself can recruit almost 30 thousand fighters every month.
WSJ writes that analysts and officials in Western countries consider Budanov’s forecast to be the optimal scenario for 2024. Experts believe that if Kiev conducts a “smart defense fight,” Ukraine will be able to launch a new counteroffensive in 2025.
Let us recall that the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, stated that no country is able to completely cover the costs incurred by Russia during the war. Much more is spent than is produced. The occupiers need ammunition of 152 and 122 mm caliber, missiles for Hurricanes, Smerchs and Grads.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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