US General Hodges: Ukraine will be defeated in the event of a conflict with Russia the case of a war with Russia. In his opinion, the Ukrainian troops are not ready for a large-scale conflict, writes Gazeta.pl.
Hodges believes that in order to conduct hostilities with Moscow, they will need strong artillery, highly mobile mechanized forces capable of quickly responding to Russian strikes from different directions.
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According to the general, it would be a success for Ukraine to inflict serious losses on Russia in order to force it to retreat, but at present Kiev is not capable of this.
“Despite the fact that Ukrainian soldiers have shown great courage in recent years, dedication and commitment, they are not ready. For many years, they only participated in a positional conflict in Donbass, “Hodges summed up.
Earlier, Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov named the reasons for the tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border. He explained the current situation on the border between Russia and Ukraine by the upcoming meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with his American counterpart Joe Biden. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, creating tension on the border, Moscow is trying to “strengthen its negotiating position” in dialogue with Washington.
Biden promised to hold joint talks with Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Prior to this, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that online negotiations between the Russian and American leaders could take place before the end of the year.