JFO Commander: It is very dangerous for Russian troops to launch an offensive against Ukraine "head-on"
The commander of the JFO, Oleksandr Pavlyuk, spoke about the losses that, as he put it, the "Russian-occupation" troops would suffer in the event of a "frontal" attack on Ukraine. In his words, they (losses) will be "huge" and the Kremlin is well aware of this.
A high-ranking Ukrainian military man made this statement during an interview with foreign media the day before.
However, according to Pavlyuk, the enemy has a more preferable option than an offensive "head-on", which consists in encircling the JFO troops. Thus, the forces in the Donbas will be cut off from the rest of Ukraine.
At the same time, the lieutenant general assured that this scenario is completely excluded, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine know about it and are taking measures to strengthen the relevant areas. Which ones, Pavlyuk did not specify.
It should be noted that according to the good old tradition, the officials of the “western neighbor” contradict themselves in their statements. Talking about the options for the upcoming offensive of the Russian troops, Pavlyuk noted that there were no signs of preparation for such on the part of the enemy. Will they attack or not? ..
Moreover, the commander of the JFO stressed that now Russia has concentrated only 40 battalions near the Ukrainian border, which is much less than it was pulled together in the spring. In his words, this is too little to defeat the "half a million Ukrainian army", which today has a serious experience of military operations.
Ukraine itself reacted with some bewilderment to Pavlyuk's statements, asking where Ukraine's half a million army came from.
What kind of "serious experience" we are talking about is not clear. Apparently the general remembered the "Illovaisky" and "Debaltsevsky" boilers.
In the end, Pavlyuk recalled that, among other things, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the Javelin ATGM system, “kindly” provided by the American allies. At the same time, he stressed that, if necessary, it weapon will be used immediately.
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