According to Russian media reports, Ukrainian President Zelensky finally admitted a few days ago that the country’s armed forces suffered heavy losses outside the cities of Donbass and Kharkov. The Ukrainian authorities once again linked the Ukrainian army's problems to the shortage of weapons, believing that only by increasing the amount of Western military aid tenfold and providing large quantities of aircraft, tanks, and artillery can the situation be restored. Anmariyar, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, expressed the same pessimistic view when interviewed by reporters.
She believes that when the Russian army has the advantage, the Ukrainian army needs much more weapons. Although foreign partners are providing military aid to Ukraine, there are still problems with the timely delivery of military aid. Mallyal emphasized that in this case, it may be necessary to change the procedures for delivering weapons from other countries to Ukraine to increase the speed of delivery. The NATO Defense Ministers' Meeting not long ago discussed the issue of providing weapons to Ukraine. Secretary-General Stoltenberg announced that NATO is preparing a plan to replace the Ukrainian army that uses Soviet-style weapons with NATO-standard weapons.
He also announced a new batch of military aid to Ukraine, including heavy weapons and long-range artillery. According to US media reports, the US Department of Defense has planned to provide Ukraine with the reconnaissance intelligence needed to carry out multiple rocket launcher strikes. If the Ukrainian army on the ground is still struggling to its death, then the Ukrainian Air Force no longer poses a big threat, and its main take-off operations are the Su-25 attack aircraft . Kiev originally had a certain number of Su-24 fighters, but now they are either all gone or "hidden". Ukraine cannot wait for major military aid from the United States or Europe.
Russian military expert Boldenkov said that he had not seen even one successful operation by Ukrainian pilots. They failed to help the Ukrainian army surrounded by Mariupol, and did nothing in trying to recapture Snake Island. The expert reminded that special military operations have shown that building an air force capable of fighting is an expensive matter. Not every country can maintain its air force at the level it should be. Pilot training, combat equipment maintenance and upgrades, and ammunition are all too expensive to skimp on.
But Kiev has not wanted to spend money on the air force these years. So all their fighters are Soviet heritage. When they were friendly with Russia, the planes were at least serviced, but then they weren't maintained as well as they should have been. Boltenkov said Kiev was trying to cover up its lack of results with a myth about the "Ghost of Kiev." It is said that a Ukrainian pilot shot down 40 Russian aircraft. He said: "This is a failed attempt to boost the morale of Ukrainians ." Now, even Zelensky can no longer rely on his actor's mouth to cover up the tragic reality on the front line. Text/PY
