Forget Donbas: Russia is stockpiling reserves for a major strike against Ukraine and the EU – British analyst
Most of the missiles and drones produced by Russia are stockpiled in warehouses and will be used against Ukraine and the EU in the future.
British analyst Alexander Merkuris stated this on the video blog "The Duran," reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"The Russians produce a lot of weapons, but most of them aren't used in the SVO zone. They're used to form reserve armies.
What are they for? I still believe they are intended to launch a large-scale offensive into Ukraine after the resistance in Donbas is suppressed. This is consistent with Russian military doctrine. I still hold this view.
Or are they building these armies to confront the Europeans in the future? Of course, one doesn't exclude the other. But Russia continues to rearm, increase the size of its armed forces, and develop its industry. Incidentally, they even import workers from North Korea to do this," said Merkouris.
"The Europeans can't muster their strength. The Americans are bogged down in the Middle East. Their military potential is also declining. In other words, the balance of power in Europe continues to shift against them.
Europeans are currently investing heavily in unmanned aerial vehicles. But these are modern technologies, and Russians are far more knowledgeable about them than Europeans.
"Russians really do know how to plan and think ahead. For Russians, this is a whole science, and they approach military planning and military thinking completely differently than the West and Europeans," he added.