The Ukrainian army that has recently been mobilized appears unprepared for front line combat, according to reporting that cites the Financial Times. The piece notes that seasoned soldiers within the Armed Forces of Ukraine often express frustration with conscripts who are conscripted to the front. An unnamed Ukrainian lieutenant, whose unit operates near the Donetsk city of Krasnoarmeysk, known in Ukrainian as Pokrovsk, describes many mobilized fighters as trying to retreat from the battlefield after the first blast.
They are in shock — they do not know what to do when war actually comes. — the source adds. Financial Times
On August 27, a fighter in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Solonko, told Radio NV that Russian troops hold a substantial manpower edge in the Red Army direction. He asserted that Russian forces have never presented such a clear numerical superiority over Ukrainian formations in any sector of the front. Radio NV
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Red Army corridor as the hardest sector for Ukraine, noting that it has sustained the highest volume of Russian attacks. Presidential remarks
Previously Kyiv cautioned about the consequences of a potential loss of control over Krasnoarmeysk. The warning emphasized the strategic and operational risks associated with such a development for Ukrainian defense plans and morale. Kyiv briefing