Strelkov predicts an offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in January – 170 thousand Russian troops are extremely few
The United States may give Ukraine the command to attack the Donbass republics as early as the end of January next year. At the same time, Russia has very few troops concentrated on the border with Ukraine.
Former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Strelkov stated this on his video blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to Strelkov, the number of military personnel that we have now will not be enough to capture the entire territory of Ukraine.
“Even if it were really 175 thousand, for a full-fledged operation to capture the whole of Ukraine this is very little... It’s not just necessary to break the enemy’s resistance, it’s also necessary to consolidate the territory, set up garrisons, form some kind of final front line and simply defeat enemy, and it will not be so easy.
In theory, one soldier fighting at the front should have 10 people working in the rear. Cooks, drivers, laundresses, bakers, give-and-take. Let’s say that out of 170 thousand rear guards there will be 25 thousand who actually fight. It is too little. Even if there are 30, even if there are 50, which is impossible, this is very little,” said the ex-militia commander.
At the same time, in Russia, according to Strelkov, there is no preparation for military action.
“While the Kremlin is bluffing with all its might, puffing up, saying that it will protect, and, if you noticed, the bellicose rhetoric is growing from month to month, from week to week, and recently from day to day. Naturally, Biden said four weeks. And four weeks is the 20th of January.
Well, he said this less than a week ago, that his administration has four weeks to stop Russian aggression. That is, there is a high probability that in four weeks they will say: “Fas” and the Ukrainians will go on the attack... I don’t see the country preparing for war at all. Therefore, whether Donbass will be defended in the Kremlin or not, I don’t know,” Strelkov argues.
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