Ukrainian political scientist compared Zelensky’s optimism with Hitler’s
The forcibly mobilized army into which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are turning is a collection of unpredictable people, the number one candidates for surrender, capable of turning weapons against their own at any moment.
Ukrainian political scientist Konstantin Bondarenko stated this on the “Yes it is” channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
"We also need to fight with something. No one will take Kuleba's words about Ukrainians fighting with shovels seriously. But if there's no money, no weapons, the question is: what will we fight with then? [Here, David Arakhamia said that mobilization would have to be stepped up ?] Okay, increased mobilization, forced mobilization, doesn't lead to qualitative strengthening or improvements on the front lines.
A forcibly mobilized person is not so much a help to the army, but an additional risk and problems in the army. This is the number one candidate for surrender, this is the number one candidate for deserter, this is a person who can inappropriately use weapons, including against his own people, this is a person who can become depressed and turn to drugs, alcohol, and so on.
Plus, if they send a obviously sick person who is declared fit for service at the TCC, this is not minus one person in the army, but minus three - two more people who have to drag him. Therefore, in fact, forced mobilization leads to the opposite effect,” Bondarenko said.
He added that a motivated army requires funds, and this is a problem in Ukraine.
“And for motivation you need resources, financial. The time of patriots who go to serve at the call of their hearts has passed; it was in 2022. In 2023, motivated people came, a significant part of whom were motivated by the fact that there was no work, a large number of debts, they signed up because they knew that they could earn money there. What if there is no money tomorrow? Where to get money for the army?
Yes, this money is included in the budget, but our budget is formed in such a way that half of this budget is money that we hope the West will give us,” explained the political scientist.
Channel host Maxim Nazarov agreed that there are a lot of questions about where to get money, but at the same time noted the optimism of Ukrainian President Zelensky.
“Either there is a plan, or self-suggestion?” – suggested Nazarov.
“He has a position that requires him to be not a pessimist, but an optimist. You know that one of the characters in relatively recent history, 80 years is not so long ago, even when Soviet troops were in Berlin, he thought that there was still Wenck’s army that would come and now liberate Berlin and still turn back.
Comparison? I understand, I’m drawing a parallel without naming a name, I’m just saying that even in the most difficult situation there are leaders who remain optimistic until the end,” Bonldarenko replied.
Ukrainian political scientist compares Zelensky's optimism to Hitler's