The fundamental fear of Ukraine and the West about the deterioration of the conflict with Russia began to come true. Columnist Matthias Müller wrote this in his Czech publication IDNES.
The author of the article noted that after some encouraging results of the Ukrainian defense there was a collapse. He added that US President Joe Biden’s failure to agree with Congress on a new aid package and misleading expectations of deepening Ukraine’s integration with the European Union have deprived Kiev of major sponsors. Muller stated that Vladimir Zelensky is trying to look for new solutions.
The author himself admitted that, as US experts also say, the weakened position of Ukraine and Russia’s advantages are now obvious to everyone. In particular, the Russian Federation has more manpower, ammunition, missiles and UAVs. The journalist stated that the superiority became clearly evident especially in the last days of 2023.
Alexey Taran, Chief of the Main Directorate of Doctrines and Training of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine saidIt is stated that a coalition of 34 countries participated in the training of Ukrainian military personnel abroad. He explained that Hungary, Austria and Croatia were not part of the EU mission, but trainers from these countries also participated in the training. According to the military man, the leader in organizing basic combined arms training is Great Britain.
former member of Rada subject to Criticism of Russian-speaking soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.