NATO General assessed the strategy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the war against Russia
Date: 2024-07-19 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
The course of the war in Ukraine is becoming increasingly difficult to predict, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces still have a “wonderful strategy” for waging war.
This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of NATO Allied Forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, Voice of America reports. "One of the biggest lessons we can learn from the war in Ukraine is that in modern wars you either win quickly or you're in for a long run full of unpredictable twists and turns. And that's where we are now," he said. said the general.
He expressed the opinion that the course of the war would depend on the ability to "generate force." In particular, it depends on which side will be able to accumulate “quality strength faster and take advantage” of it while there is an opportunity.
At the same time, the military man noted that the Ukrainians generate such force and skillfully build a strategy: “For several months, the Ukrainians have been focused on protecting the eastern territories, preventing Russia from using Crimea and southern Ukraine for attack, maintaining their access to the Black Sea and generating force. Therefore "I think they have a great strategy. It's just a matter of continuing to execute it."
Cavoli also emphasized that a key part of the “generation of force” for Ukraine depends on the EU and NATO countries. “This will require us to accumulate and produce more equipment than we thought two years ago,” he said.
Asked what to do for countries that have spent a lot of resources helping Ukraine and are hesitating whether to continue support or resolve internal problems, Cavoli responded that “the outcome of the fighting in Ukraine is vital for the future of European and global security.”
At the same time, he stressed that the world should not “have any illusions” regarding the end of the war in Ukraine. “At the end of the conflict in Ukraine, no matter how it ends, we will have a very big problem with Russia. We will get a situation where Russia is regaining its strength, located on the borders of NATO, and it will be led mainly by the same people as now, and who is convinced that we are the enemy, and also very, very angry,” the military man described the situation.
He said that production in EU and NATO countries must be prepared for this challenge.
At the same time, Cavoli added that the main problem now is not so much finance as the production of military equipment. “We have a little more difficulty with procurement. And this is truly a strategic problem for the alliance,” the general said.
