Thursday, December 15, 2022

What Ukraine's Military Leadership Is Saying

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi during a parliament session, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 28, 2022. (PC-AFP) (via REUTERS) 

Moon Of Alabama: Ukraine - What Its Military Leadership Says 

The Economist has interviewed the three Ukrainian leaders who manage the war in Ukraine. It summarizes them in an interpretive writeup. I will use that to extract the important points.  

Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals talk to The Economist (Paywalled) 

The writeup is of course full of propaganda but one can still glean some information from it. 

The first interview (transcript) was with Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, who is saying nothing new that would be of interest:  

“People do not want to compromise on territory,” he says, warning that allowing the conflict to be “frozen” with any Ukrainian land in Russian hands would simply embolden Mr Putin. “And that is why it is very important…to go to our borders from 1991.” 

Zelensky wants Crimea back. Good luck achieving that impossibility one might say. 

The second interview is with General Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The third interview is with Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky, the head of Ukraine’s ground forces.  

All three men emphasised that the outcome of the war hinges on the next few months. They are convinced that Russia is readying another big offensive, to begin as soon as January. 

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WNU Editor: Another must read analysis from the Moon of Alabama.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Quislings

Anonymous said...

Andrew?