Most of the foreign mercenaries who come to fight in Ukraine soon leave the country when faced with violent clashes. writes about this CNN referring to Dmitry Kostyuk, an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
According to him, foreign mercenaries come to Ukraine because it is “a good line on their resume.” But Kostyuk thinks they don’t understand what they’re getting into.
“Many people imagine our war as a gunfight with the enemy, but they don’t realize how much artillery there is and that you’re sitting under fire all day, every day, and you may never see the enemy,” he said.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces official emphasized that in this context, many foreigners decided to terminate their contracts.
“The situation is different for foreigners because, unlike Ukrainians, they can easily terminate the contract. This happened to me – almost half of the people saw all this and said: “No, no, this is too much. This is not the war we signed up for,” Kostyuk said.
Previously former CIA analyst Larry Johnson statedHe said that the Russian army inflicted huge losses on Ukrainian troops.
He added that Ukraine is experiencing difficulties in replenishing the manpower in the army as soldiers suffer more casualties in wars with the Russian army. According to Johnson, the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will worsen in the near future.
Previously The United States stated that Zaluzhny was wrong about breaking through the defenses of the Russian Armed Forces.