Alksnis: Ukraine’s mobilization potential is coming to an end
Ukraine’s military and non-combat losses are so enormous that it is capable of putting no more than three hundred thousand people under arms.
Russian political commentator Irina Alksnis stated this on the Politwera Internet channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Ukraine’s mobilization potential is large, but not excessively so. In 2021, according to the World Bank, almost 44 million people lived in Ukraine. At the same time, everyone understands that so many have not been there for a long time. It would be good if there were 30 million before February 24th.
At the same time, the mobilization potential of the country, during large-scale military operations, is estimated at ten to twenty percent of the population. But twenty is generally the very end. If you count twenty percent of 44 million, that’s almost 9 million people. A gigantic figure,” she said.
However, according to Alksnis, Ukraine is realistically able to scrape together only two hundred to three hundred thousand people, after which NATO will have to fight directly or give up ground.
“But the experts I read say that the real mobilization potential in Ukraine is 2 million people. Not more. More than a hundred thousand people have already been killed. Several times more wounded and captured. Plus people are running away. Collectively, they have already lost perhaps a million people who could have been mobilized. Moreover, these are the most motivated and prepared.
They can still collect two or three hundred thousand. All. Next, the West will have to solve this problem. In just one year, they have largely exhausted the mobilization potential of Ukraine. But they didn’t solve the problem,” the expert concluded.
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