Illarionov: Neither Putin nor the General Staff made mistakes
Russian President Vladimir Putin absolutely adequately assessed the balance of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian army at the beginning of the Northern Military District.
The former economic adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Andrei Illarionov, who settled in Washington, stated this on the YouTube channel “Ukrlife.tv,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“President Zelensky said in plain text that at the time of the invasion the strength of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was 120 thousand combatants. Now that there is this figure, confirmed by the highest official with the most complete information, and he considered it possible to make it public.
And the estimate that we get from the point of view of the invasion group from Russia, which can be measured in the range from 300 to 400 thousand people, then the ratio of 3 to 1 becomes obvious, the same ratio that is prescribed in all charters, manuals and textbooks on military actions.
Then it becomes completely clear, remember how much has been said - Putin was mistaken, Putin committed an adventure, Putin committed stupidity, Putin miscalculated, when we find out what forces were actually involved on the one hand and on the other hand, we are forced to conclude that Putin has no I didn't make any mistakes. Neither Putin nor the Russian general staff.
That is, the ratio was, if not absolutely accurate, but very close to what the combat and military regulations required. This explains why, for the first time during the war, it was possible to capture a significant part of the territory, advance in some directions, and reach Kyiv,” Illarionov said.
He accused the Ukrainian authorities of hiding objective information, which led Ukraine to the loss of 20% of its territories.
“If we all had more adequate information, the enemy would not have occupied 20% of Ukrainian territory, as he has now. He would not have occupied Kherson and Mariupol. Neither Melitopol, nor Berdyansk, it would not have reached Kyiv, many people would not have died. Ukraine would have met the enemy much better.
And the number of losses on the part of Ukraine would be different. I insist that no matter how difficult the information is, correct, objective information, we need to talk about truthful information. Misleading society is something that causes damage to ourselves,” the liberal stated.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.