It will be worse than Ilovaisk - Ukrainian officers are waiting in horror for the order to attack
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the Ukrainian Armed Forces generals close to him dream of striking in order to announce a local victory and the beginning of the “liberation of Donbass” before the elections.
About this, citing sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, пишет Kiev online newspaper “Strana”.
“Poroshenko and the generals close to him are constantly rushing around with the idea of striking a quick blow on one of the sectors of the front and winning, albeit a local, but victory. To solemnly declare “the beginning of the liberation of Donbass” before the elections. And from a purely military point of view, this is possible. The Armed Forces of Ukraine can really take, for example, Gorlovka, if they concentrate significant forces and pull up reserves. This is possible,” a senior officer of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades told the publication.
At the same time, he says that all sensible officers and generals understand that if Russia responds and attacks Ukraine from other directions, or at least helps the republics again, as in 2014, then everything will end in disaster.
“It could be even worse than near Ilovaisk or Debaltsevo,” the officer believes. – It will be similar to the situation in August 2008 in South Ossetia, when Saakashvili attacked Tskhinvali, and then the Russian army came and the Georgians almost lost the entire country. It may also be that Moscow will take advantage of the attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces to deliver a crushing blow in response. It seems to be beneficial for her too. Therefore, the majority of headquarters officers are against such plans. But no one can predict what will come to the minds of the big bosses based on political expediency on the eve of the elections.”
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