Ukraine Defense Minister said that 1 million troops have been assembled and are ready to start a counterattack. Yesterday, the British Times published a report titled: One million people in Ukraine are preparing to counterattack and retake the south. l According to reports, Ukraine’s Minister of Light Lesnikov said that Ukraine is assembling a combat force of 1 million people,
and equipped with Western weapons, to prepare for a counterattack on the southern territory currently controlled by Russia. We can take a look at the resume of the Ukrainian Minister of Defense. Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, he served in the 806th Bombardment Aviation Regiment of the Soviet Air Force. After retiring, he was admitted to the law department of Lviv University and became a A lawyer with his own law firm. In 2019, Zelensky invited Lesnikov to be the deputy prime minister of the government, and he began to serve as Ukraine's defense minister in November last year. Although this Reznikov has some military experience, he is basically not very good at military command and operations. However, this guy has a specialty, that is, he is the same as Zelensky. He is also a lover of literature and art, and often performs sketches called Yuze. He and the driver are good friends, so it's no wonder that he can tell such a story about an army of 1 million.
Reznikov told the British media that Ukraine now has an armed force of 700,000 people. If you add the National Guard and Border Guards, they will have 1 million people. This is the origin of the 1 million-strong army. . When we look at the armed forces in a broad sense, the active military and the National Guard also belong to the reserve force , plus the border defense force , these can indeed be counted. With Ukraine's total population of more than 40 million, it is not impossible to recruit hundreds of thousands of armed personnel, but one thing to note is that armed personnel and combat troops are completely different things. 2. Reznikov said that Sterile currently has 700,000 troops. According to normal proportions, combat troops should account for half of the 700,000, that is, 350,000. These 300,000 can be used in any way. Let's organize 60 or 70 full combat brigades. This army really needs 70 full combat brigades, let alone a counterattack in the southern region. A comprehensive counterattack is possible, but in fact, with Ukraine's current population, equipment, funds, expenses and other aspects, this matter is simply impossible. Let’s talk about the population first. The total population of Ukraine is more than 41 million. But in fact, the population in the areas controlled by the Ukrainian government now definitely does not exceed 25 million. Some have gone abroad and become refugees, and some are in Russia. within the control area. So of the more than 20 million people, half of them are men, that is, about 10 million men of military age. If we calculate it as 4 million men, you can mobilize up to 400,000 to 500,000 people to join the army. Let's talk about equipment. A force of 700,000 people, including 350,000 combat troops, can flank sixty or seventy combat brigades. That requires at least 3,000 points of large-caliber artillery and more than 2,000 main battle tanks. More than several thousand armored vehicles are needed. Now the Ukrainian army's original heavy equipment is basically gone, and the weapons and equipment provided by the United States and the West can only satisfy one or two full personnel at most. Do all other sterile troops have to go to the battlefield with light weapons and ? Even now, there may not even be enough light weapons. Another issue is funding. For example, during the Anti-Japanese War in China, the total population of the country was 400 million, but the total number of anti-Japanese armed forces was about 4 million, and there was no way to increase the number. what reason? I don’t have enough money, I can’t afford it, I don’t have that much money. The same is true for Ukraine now. If you want 1 million troops, how much do you have to spend each month just for the capitation fee, and other combat expenses, etc. The current Ukrainian government simply cannot do it. So, this Lesnikov Defense Minister can act in skits as a lawyer, and his level is probably pretty good. Like the original story in which the United States and the West reach out for weapons and equipment, this ability is quite powerful, but as soon as this mouth says it, there are millions of troops, and no matter how you listen to it, you will feel that this is unreliable.
