Polish Lieutenant General Boguslaw Samol, former commander of NATO’s Northeast multinational corps, said that Ukraine cannot cope with Russia’s military potential without the support of Western countries. He expressed this opinion on air Radio Wnet.
According to him, Ukraine is a medium-sized country that cannot survive without external support compared to the potential that Russia has.
Samol emphasized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) need not dozens of units, but hundreds of military equipment to counter the Russian armed forces.
He also predicted that Ukraine would have a difficult future due to problems with funds from the West.
Formerly President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel statedIt was stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) could not fulfill the tasks assigned to them and suffered heavy losses in the counter-attack in the summer.
According to Pavel, the Ukrainian counterattack did not bring the expected results. There is now no significant progress on the front line, but there are huge losses in men and equipment. The President of the Czech Republic considered the inadequate Western supply of weapons and equipment to Kiev as one of the main reasons for the failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Previously Focus publication announced the daily losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.