
Vladimir Putin has told his military chiefs that the Russian Army needs ā5 million troopsā to be mobilised in āorder to winā the war with NATO in Ukraine.ā
A document which has been seen in Moscow is entitled āConclusions of the war with NATO in Ukraineā which also stated there āhas not been such a war in the previous 80 years.ā
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine highlighted that the Russian Army have ācommandersā who do not have the ability to ācommand troops.ā
Oleksii Hromov, the deputy head of the Main Operative Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said, āA part of this āmasterpieceā among other things focuses of the main problems of the Russian occupying forces such as the commandersā inability to command troops, low level of discipline and military training, obsolescence of armament and military equipment, commandersā inability to make decisions without obligatorily coordinating them with higher command etc.
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āMeanwhile it is stated in every document that the Defence Forces of Ukraine have a quite high level of equipment, and commanders on all levels can make decisions in combat conditions themselves.
āIt is also stated in the document that there has not been such a war in the previous 80 years, and Russia needs its army to consist of nearly five million troops in order to win.ā
Putinās ally and deputy speaker of the Duma, Pyotr Tolstoy, told French broadcaster BFM, that Ukraineās Western allies āwill pay the priceā and warned that the West should now āprepare itself for war that will last years.ā
In another sign that the war could escalate the Kremlin warned on Thursday saying that Kyiv government āhas every opportunityā to āend the sufferingā in Ukraine if they meet all their demands.
Kyiv could āend the sufferingā for millions of their population by meeting the Kremlinās demands which will resolve the conflict and ābring the situation back to normal.ā
The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, āThe leadership of Ukraine has every opportunity to bring the situation back to normal, has every opportunity to resolve the situation in such a way as to fulfil the requirements of the Russian side and, accordingly, end all possible suffering among the population.ā
The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko who is a key ally of Putin also warned Kyiv on Thursday, that āa huge number of peopleā could ādieā and that āEverything is in Ukraineās hands now.ā
The Belarusian dictator urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to āstopā otherwiseā Ukraine will be ādestroyed completely.ā
Lukashenko who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin told reporters on Thursday afternoon, āEverything is in Ukraineās hands now if they donāt want a huge number of people to die.
āItās hard, itās complicated, itās difficult, but if they want it they have to stop⦠further will be the destruction of Ukraine.ā
