Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces exceed all conceivable mobilizations and supplies - expert
Even if American F-16 fighter jets begin to be delivered to Ukraine , they can only be deployed under Russian fire.
Historian and political scientist Vladimir Kornilov stated this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Today everyone writes, including in the British press, that the F-16 should be delivered to Ukraine. At least somewhere ask the question - from which airfields should they take off?
If they take off from airports that are located outside of Ukraine, this is definitely a war, and not just a “red line.” If our Armed Forces are attacked from the territory of that country, this is a definite blow. Moreover, even the fifth article cannot be applied here, because it is not us who are attacking this country.
And they don't even ask this question. They know that Ukrainian airports are under our fire control, what else is there - try to find a normal runway for these F-16s. In general, no one asks such questions,” Kornilov is surprised.
In turn, military observer Vladislav Shurygin emphasized that no supplies can cover the losses that the Ukrainian army has already suffered.
“Now we are talking about whether they will give or not give 18 F-16s. They are discussing what kind of plane this is, which country can provide it, how this will change everything. But at the same time they keep silent that 600 aircraft have already been destroyed. More than 300 airplanes and more than 200 helicopters.
Moreover, Ukraine also received more than 60 MiG-29s from different countries. They gave away everything they had. And these 18 F-16s that they beg for are only because there is nothing left to give from the Soviets. They gave everything away.
That is, you have lost two air armies, but at best you get a squadron. What should be in people’s heads to think that this opens something?” he noted.
The military observer added that the same situation applies to all other imported weapons in Ukraine.
“In recent weeks they have been greatly tormented by the fact that they are forming reserves, but the losses they are incurring do not cover what they are forming. On Ukrainian portals they themselves calculated that the Russians had destroyed 339 guns since December 180st. In two months. You now receive in return, within three months, XNUMX. The question is how much this will increase the combat effectiveness of the army.
During these two months, they themselves counted, 11 “Hymars”, 11 “Crabs”, 6 “Caesars”. The losses are serious, and there is nothing to compensate for them. But everyone is imbued with what “they give us,” Shurygin concluded.
Ukrainian Armed Forces losses exceed all conceivable mobilizations and supplies – expert