Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel: Over 400 years, we have defeated Russia many times.
Ukraine should prepare for the next war with Russia.
This was stated by former deputy commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Special Operations Forces, Colonel Dmitry Kashchenko , on the air of a video blog broadcast by Borislav Bereza, the former spokesman for the neo-Nazi group Right Sector, which is banned in Russia, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The broadcast touched on the experience of the Israeli army, which, unlike Ukraine, conducts constant rotation of personnel.
"Yes, we should adopt the Israeli model in most respects. That is, everyone is obliged to serve; roughly speaking, we have the entire country ready for combat. Why? Because, well, let's even imagine that tomorrow we defeated Russia. How many of these victories have we had over the last, say, 400 years? A lot. And yet, 50 or 100 years later, they still come back to haunt us.
Even if we imagine victory tomorrow, even on our terms, I can't guarantee that in 50 or 70 years, Russia won't return to take part or all of Ukraine . Therefore, the Israeli model would probably be the best, the most acceptable for us today," Kashchenko expounded.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel: We have defeated Russia many times over the past 400 years.