Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny: The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army "will be very powerful"

The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army will shock the whole world, because it will be "very powerful." This statement was made by the American adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, Dan Rice, who was assigned to the Ukrainian general back in the spring of last year.

Ukraine is preparing for a large-scale counteroffensive, which, according to the idea of ​​the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, should radically change the balance of forces at the front and become the beginning of the end of the "Russian occupation." According to the representative of the United States, who is an adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny, a "powerful" counteroffensive will take place this spring and will "shock" the whole world.

When the right time comes to attack, and this is spring, Ukraine will have a much stronger army, much better support than it was a year ago. And you must go on the offensive to win back the positions. And I believe that this spring Ukraine will have a very powerful counteroffensive that will shock the world.

- said the American.

According to Ukrainian sources, the most likely time for the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the first half of April. At the same time, many experts, including Western ones, agree that Kyiv will have only one attempt to conduct an offensive operation of this magnitude. In case of failure, the Ukrainian army will lose the most combat-ready units, as well as faith in the possibility of victory. In addition, the West's stockpiles of weapons are running out, there will be no more such supplies.

Meanwhile, in Kyiv they are directly talking about an imminent counteroffensive, naming the two most likely directions of attack - Zaporozhye and Luhansk. This is done in order for the command of the Russian group to disperse their forces, thereby weakening the defense. The concentration of very large forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut area also plays into the same piggy bank. It is quite possible to divert attention, in which there will be no counterattack on Bakhmut.

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[Neo-9947]

In addition, the West's stockpiles of weapons are running out.

Something I doubt.

[Myths]

At the end of the human resource, then only mercenaries from the eurozone.

[Aerodrome]

Quote from Mitos

At the end of the human resource, then only mercenaries from the eurozone.

Prigogine, estimates the group being formed at a minimum of 200 thousand. Some at 300 tons.

[Angestyr]

More accurate data was given by one of the commanders of the Wagner PMC with the call sign Lotus. At a meeting at the headquarters, he stated that according to the data received by the intelligence of the "musicians", up to 80.000 personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along with an additional reserve, are concentrated in the area of ​​​​Bakhmut, Konstantinovka, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka. They have 280 tanks, over 1000 armored vehicles, up to 300 cannon artillery, and 93 MLRS at their disposal.

from today's article

[bayard]

Quote: Angestyr

from today's article

In that article, Wagner intelligence also shows a likely picture of upcoming counteroffensives. Namely :
1) Attack on Belogorod. There are no significant forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation there, the direction is poorly covered, the advance to the territory of the Russian Federation will be achieved. To stop this offensive, you will have to draw up reserves, incl. from the fronts in the Donbass. When the reserves are pulled together and drawn into the database ...
2) Flanking attacks on the Wagner grouping in the Artemovsk region with the threat of encirclement advancing from the flanks of PMCs, and in a number of neighboring auxiliary areas. To stop this offensive, it will be necessary to draw up reserves (the assumption of the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) from other fronts - Zaporozhye and Kherson. And when these reserves are drawn up and brought into battle ...
3) A strike in the main direction - Melitopol, in two directions, to provide a sufficiently wide breakthrough zone. In case of luck , with access to the Sea of ​​Azov and the Crimea .

For these purposes, a strike force grouping of up to 300 has been prepared, which at the most crucial moment will be reinforced by foreign forces (as in the autumn operation in the Kharkov region) of at least 50. Quite serious aviation forces can simultaneously appear in the theater foreign planes and with foreign pilots.
All these plans could have been quite routinely stopped if .... not for the amazing work of the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense and, in general, the top military leadership. Probably you should not be surprised that on the very eve of this counteroffensive, some maneuvers will be organized in Chukotka and Kunashir, Yakutia or Sakhalin ... Probably the opening of another Devil's Wheel at the very moment the events began.
Lack of learning and insanity of commanders in such cases most often has a completely different nature than it wants to seem.
... A very, very cunning plan.

[Eug]

I don’t know who and what is running out, but so far out of more than two hundred of my acquaintances of draft age in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, only two. Draw your own conclusions. As for me, it is realistic for Ukraine to call up to two million, the question is how to feed them, arm them, etc.

[mitlantecutli_zen]

Yo tambien lo dudo y mucho. Además, por qué se van a agotar primero las reservas de armas de todo Occidente que las de Rusia. No suena muy logico.

[incognoto]

a lot will depend on intelligence .. the key to victory.

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

Xi and Putin signed one of the documents on cooperation in satellite intelligence.

[incognoto]

the main thing here is that the bureaucrats do not intervene .. weeks are left before the onset, maybe even days .. and it’s not a fact that they will have time to realize all the goodies .. hopes only for their own strength

[Trapp1st]

before the onset of weeks left, maybe even days

Rather, the main offensive will be in late April early May.

[ABC-schutze]

The offensive of the Kyiv Bandero-Natsiks will be "very powerful." And their subsequent retreat, very fast ...

Somehow, a more likely development of the situation seems to be ...

[tralflot1832]

We definitely signed on the exchange of satellite data, we are very interested in the "weather" over all of Europe, and America too.

[paul3390]

It's not even about intelligence, but about the reaction of the leadership .. Avon - about the fact that in the fall the ukrovermacht will go on a counterattack only the lazy one did not say all summer .. And - what? We all remember the result.

[Aken]

This is something that scares more than the Ukrainian army.

[power max]

I completely agree, it is not yet known which is worse - Bandera or our General Staff ...

[matsur]

Decades of work on the collapse of the army. Some of our leaders should be given awards by the West for such work.
All last year they scattered rockets and not one of them hit the bridges. Impacts on energy - only at the end of the year. I don't expect miracles from this guide. So it will not hurt from the proser. All hope is only on ordinary military personnel, only they always draw on themselves the mistakes of generals.
PS The word "general" will soon be synonymous with incompetence.

[jdiver]

as long as the rank carries material benefits and does not bear responsibility for mistakes, all the rot from the Russian land will climb there. something not to see the severed guilty heads, although for what they have done it is necessary to disassemble into molecules

[Grits]

Quote: paul3390

about the fact that in the fall the ukrovermacht will go on a counterattack, only the lazy one did not talk all summer .. And - what? We all remember the result.

Judging by the fact that our General Staff is not preparing for this counteroffensive in any way, but again hoping for a chance, the result will be the same.

[Peter1First]

It’s just that they have intelligence, or rather, not theirs, but American-British, and what we have, we will be modestly silent ... And, of course, they themselves will not plan their offensive. The fact that these planners do not care how many of them die is understandable, for them the final result is more important! And as for the enchanting nature of the future offensive, don’t go to the fortuneteller here, they will try to surprise you! There will be distracting strikes, and DRGs, including on our main territory and river landing on a cloud of boats, and swarms of shock drones, and shells for artillery preparation will suddenly be found, moreover, corrected ones, and missile strikes on the rear and communications, etc. . Believe me, it will not be easy for us to survive! Underestimating the enemy is a crime!

[matsur]

Quote from: Peter1First

Underestimating the enemy is a crime!

Tell that to millions of jingoists on telegram. We already defeated them yesterday. In one channel they blocked for not having respect for one TV patriot. In another, for a call to think before doing it, they call it a kakel)))) if the tsipso does act, then they just pretend to be such "patriots", lulling their vigilance. Like, everything is in order, the leadership knows what to do, the armor is strong and our tanks are fast. Don't worry, there will be enough hats for all the enemies.

[Div Divich]

Destroying warehouses is the key to success, after the start of the offensive it will be clear where to look more carefully.
Without supplies, the offensive will bog down.

[matsur]

Quote: Div Divich

Destroying warehouses is the key to success, after the start of the offensive it will be clear where to look more carefully.
Without supplies, the offensive will bog down.

At the start of an offensive, hit bridges and warehouses with precision weapons, disrupting supply chains. Knock out all the substations feeding the railway. At the same time, over the squares, shoot down the impulse of the offensive. Evacuate the population in advance! About minefields and so it is clear. Oppose ours against them (if we have them, they definitely have them - the West teaches them). At the right time, you can hit their headquarters, where is it? At the bank?

[Elephant]

According to Bankova, this requires the political will and determination of the Supreme and his entourage

[Herman 4223]

After the start of the offensive, it is too late to destroy the warehouses. It's best to do this before starting.

[Herman 4223]

Much will depend on the availability and condition of reserves. Guessing the direction of the enemy's strike is an empty exercise.

[Murmur 55]

Prigozhin said GOLDEN WORDS about relations with the enemy and assessment of his own strength, that's who some people would like to listen to.

[matsur]

Quote: Murmur 55

Prigozhin said GOLDEN WORDS about relations with the enemy and assessment of his own strength, that's who some people would like to listen to.

I understand that he is the only one who does not live in a fictional world. That's why the generals don't like him.

[Bodipancher]

A very strange tactic, to talk from all irons about the offensive. A new word in military art.

[Denis812]

So what?
We do not know where the truth is, where the lie is. People hear about the offensive, begin to wonder what is happening, get distracted, demotivated, and so on.
Quite an element of psychological warfare.
Even if tomorrow the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Internet lay out an offensive plan with details on companies, we cannot know whether this is a real plan or just misinformation. Again we will think, rush about. This is exactly what the enemy is counting on.

[Bayun]

Moreover! In fact, attack exactly as stated and achieve what was "spoken from irons."

A complete feeling of having a single control center for what is happening. I believe that this "cannot be", and the logic of the conclusion is due to "an insidious devilish obsession".

[Apprentice_SAM]

Quote: Bayun

A complete feeling of having a single control center for what is happening. I believe that this "cannot be", and the logic of the conclusion is due to "an insidious devilish obsession".

There will be an offensive on Baranovichi)
Remember the movie "Agony"? There Rasputin (for a fee) advised Nicholas 2 to attack Baranovichi.
"During one of the "revelations", the elder mutters something about Baranovichi, as a result, the king gives approval to the offensive, which turned into one of the bloodiest defeats in the war." (With)
Such are the devilish obsessions.

[paul3390]

Because it seems to me personally that the most likely direction is to Belgorod .. Why should they butt heads in the Donbass when there is such a profitable option? And the effect will be crushing, and there will be almost nothing to cover those places for us ..

[Nastia makarova]

advancing on Belgorod is a forbidden technique, the West will condemn him

[paul3390]

Aaaaa ... That is - the Sumerians will cross the red line drawn by us? Yes, it will probably scare them.

[Zhopir Tumanov]

And the effect will be crushing, and there will be almost nothing to cover those places for us ..

The author of the Veteran's Zapiski telegram channel says that the border was strengthened well, compared to autumn

[ishinmaikl]

And what to do with that Belgorod?
No, the most profitable thing for them is to hit Berdyansk Melitopol and cut off Crimea .. Then gouge the bridge and, under the threat of entering Crimea, force Russia to leave Donetsk and Luhansk

[Constantine N]

well, the military-industrial complex of 50+ countries that supply everything is obviously large and the stocks accumulated are the same. Plus technology. It is clear that you can collect a lot of equipment, plus in Ukraine you can at least mobilize the entire population, the supply is external.

[couch]

, he is getting richer with thoughts! To begin with, let him recapture at least what was lost this year

[Trapp1st]

he is rich in thoughts!

The largest combined-arms offensive operation since the Second World War, at least in Europe, is being prepared. The Russian army will have to face a powerful enemy, the only question is where this time the APU will stop. Everything is very serious.

[pawn]

Maybe the Russian army will strengthen this offensive - maybe it will create a greater depth, people will be attracted more, from vacations, or some kind of mobilization will be carried out; in the same Gudermes, where the shift is being prepared, or Prigozhin wrote here in the subject, he said that he would soon have an additional 30 thousand soldiers.

[Elephant]

How and by whom will the Russian army be strengthened? Something I do not observe any serious progress for this yet!

[oleg-nekrasov-19]

At night, the RF Armed Forces attacked the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy-Kharkov and Izyum-Slavyansk area. The offensive is still being postponed. Only the Sumy region was attacked by at least 10 SU-35 aircraft with guided bombs (according to the speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force)

[Trapp1st]

according to the speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force

He is a famous star.

[rotmistr60]

The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army “will be very powerful”

We hear all the last days and every day louder. Is this how you warn us, or are you still "rejoicing" the overseas owner that you are about to start?

[Ezekiel 25-17]

Quote: Neo-9947

In addition, the West's stockpiles of weapons are running out.

Something I doubt.

I mean mobile stock. Further, the transfer of industry to war footing.

[isv000]

Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny: The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army "will be very powerful"

We will die hard, the adviser added, thinking ...

[former soldier]

We state. By the spring, the forces of the parties have been prepared considerable. There are two main questions. Who will have more mobile reserves and who will deceive whom in the end.

[Grits]

Quote: Former soldier

Who will have more mobile reserves

Judging by the fact that our leadership does not want to carry out the second wave of mobilization, being terribly afraid of unrest among the people, then the mob. the enemy now has more reserves. And if they strike, then we will already regroup in the Rostov and Belgorod regions, and it will be too late to think about mobilization. It seems that the General Staff has finally stopped thinking

[ZhEK-Vodogrey]

There will be time to read Morozov, he has been at the front for a long time. The first and main condition for any successful defense is the presence of stable command and control. The Armed Forces of Ukraine ensured this to the maximum, transferring the entire army to closed digital communications and spreading a huge number of repeaters along the front line. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not want to solve their problems with communications. His latest publication indicates our perspectives.

https://kcpn.info/articles/%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%b9%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d0%be-%d0%bf%d0%bb%d0%be%d1%85%d0%b8%d0%b5-%d0%bd%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b8/

[dimbasic]

revered ... sheer sadness and a sense of shame

[Dimon Krasnodar]

Morozov with this article simply promotes himself, so smart and perspicacious. No one has ever sung such odes to the enemy .... He raised that side to the absolute, and ours, whatever they were, dipped deeply .... Zero analytics, sheer panic of the same level that he writes about our military ... Expel we need such comrades from the war, he has already fought back and nothing will change him .... Total according to the article, ours are in tatters, without equipment, shell hunger, air support is not and is not expected, there is nothing to eat (only hedgehogs, snakes and pigeons), the whole special forces are "dung", there are no personnel, there is no control, cowardly cheers patriots everywhere. The Armed Forces of Ukraine - they make this war, the best tactics, are provided, assembled, charged, the best command and leadership in general, the best communications, experience, high morale, etc.
Brad, total bullshit....
This Morozov would have to talk with that side with the military who are adequate, they probably would have told him the horrors of that side ....

[Ezekiel 25-17]

Quote from Mitos

At the end of the human resource, then only mercenaries from the eurozone.

Mercenaries come to earn money, not to seek death...

[Konnick]

According to the representative of the United States, who is an adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny, a "powerful" counter-offensive will take place this spring and will "shock" the whole world.

"Cronaca di una morte annunciata"
Gabriel García Márquez

Chronicle of a widely announced death

[HAM]

It will not be the "advisor" that will attack, but others ..... and why shouldn't the "advisor" more powerfully attack from Kuev or Washington ..... the decision has clearly been made ... if they are already talking about depleted uranium, it seems these shells are already in Ukraine. As soon as any noise about weapons for Ukraine is inflated in the press (at least tanks, at least MLRS), it turns out that it already there....This is what shocks the world...

[alovrov]

There is no doubt that the offensive will be powerful. The question remains what will be the answer.

[Kurganets-45]

the offensive can be as powerful as you like, but what's the point if it fails in the end, the world will be shocked in this case. And our main task is to destroy the plans of the enemy and realize our own, and not to organize some kind of answers.

[Grits]

Quote: alovrov

There is no doubt that the offensive will be powerful. The question remains what will be the answer.

Judging by the "answer" for Kyiv, Kharkov and Kherson, your question is quite simple - the answer will be the same as in previous times. That is, none.

[Boniface]

«Es wird niemals so viel gelogen wie vor der Wahl, während des Krieges und nach der Jagd- "Never lie so much as before the elections, during the war and after the hunt"

Judging by the bravura statement of the pig breeder about the upcoming attack in the direction of Bakhmut - probably this is DESA - the main blow will be delivered to Mariupol - further (in plans) access to the Crimea

[Nastia makarova]

this is dangerous. the advancing group will be attacked from both sides and it is possible that those who pass will be surrounded, and the area open there is mainly

[Elephant]

But in open areas and advance faster

[APASUS]

Counteroffensive without aviation? Or hope only for tanks. There is a suspicion that the attack in the media will be much more powerful and stronger at times

[Grits]

Quote: APASUS

Counteroffensive without aviation?

Near Kharkov and Kherson, everything worked out fine for them even without aviation. Give our generals at least space marines with blasters - they still don’t have brains.

[Fedor Sokolov]

I do not even doubt! This is especially shocking for Russia's top military-political leadership, which will once again show "good will" and more than once. No, I believe in our army, in every ordinary soldier, combat officer, but I have no confidence in our top military-political leadership, which does not in any way prevent the accumulation of enemy strike forces on the front line.

[kakvastam]

There are only a few days left before the enemy offensive, and in the country there is peace, fun and good air...
And if something goes wrong, the generals will again say "well, I couldn't" and will continue to polish the parquet.
But the main thing is to prevent the militarization of the economy, and everything is wonderful with this.

[Uprun]

Already, probably, for a couple of months, all the irons are rushing, first about our offensive, now about the outskirts, since ours are not advancing. Remarkable rhetoric! In green beans in every speech - everything is always powerful, the Napoleon complex clearly affects. With whom you will lead and you will pick up, or maybe you just got bitten - everything is powerful with the striped official too! In a number of comments, the campaign, bitten from the basement of the zipota, just shows through - a powerful counteroffensive. Do not at least burn on rhetoric, the Russian language is rich in synonyms ...., oops, but dictionaries and textbooks have already been burned. All that remains is to repeat the speeches of green beans - powerful this, powerful that.

[carpenter]

This is done in order for the command of the Russian group to disperse their forces, thereby weakening the defense.

It's even me, the "untrained combatant", I understand that the Ukronats are "misleading".

[may2701]

Are we not stepping on the same rake as in the summer-autumn of 2022, when everywhere we dispersed the topic that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were about to attack Kherson, as a result, the "Kharkov regrouping" happened.
Now we are seeing the same thing - the Armed Forces of Ukraine will hit Zaporozhye, they are shouting on all channels, although in my opinion advancing in the steppes, without aviation, breaking through the fortifications is still such a problem.
To go on the offensive on the Crimea, forcing the Dnieper is more like suicide.
And what if we consider the option of a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Kharkov region through the Belgorod region. (Valuysky district) in the direction of Urazovo-Dvulichnoe and further a strike on Troitsky (in Lugansk) with access to the rear of the grouping of the RF Armed Forces located near Kupyansk and Dvurechny. At the same time, they strike a counter (fettering) blow from Kupyansk - as a result, the environment and the "Makhnovists" went for a walk in carts around the Luhansk region up to Svatovo and Starobelsk. Here and US Bradley bridgelayers are in the subject.

[Elephant]

What should the enemy do in the Lugansk-Donetsk direction, there is complete devastation everywhere. For them, it is more interesting to the Crimea and the Sea of ​​\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbAzov with the capture of a nuclear power plant along the way

[sgr291158]

You have already shocked the whole world. From the beginning, carry out the offensive, and then yell, if there is anyone.

[mitlantecutli_zen]

Of course, there will be a Ukrainian counter-offensive, and in no case should it be underestimated, no matter what happens to them, as in the previous counter-offensive, when they were driven back hundreds of kilometers. I hope they have learned their lesson and act accordingly.

[certero]

There will be no offensive in the spring. The offensive, if it happens, is only in the summer.
I won’t say right away that Russia still has a very powerful air fleet and I hope that if it comes to countering the enemy, it will all be used despite possible losses

[MBRSS]

Well, on a narrow sector of the front, a very powerful offensive is quite possible. Since in our time it is impossible to transfer a large number of heavy equipment imperceptibly, I suspect that the stake will be placed on air weapons. For example, first they will release a couple of thousand drones, and after them they will strike with everything that will be available at that time in this area.

[Mikhail Sirotkin]

I hope the scenario of the attack of the 95th was written, the whole world will laugh with surprise ....

[Mordvin77]

Of course, "the world will be shocked ..." if the entire grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is defeated ... but something tells me about the protracted process. The rear of the enemy does not feel any difficulties or problems either with the Internet, or with logistics, or with resources of all kinds.

[Terenin]

Ukraine will have a very powerful counteroffensive that will shock the world

Again, the main thing for them is to shock the world.
Well, you run in a counteroffensive to something, and then what?
All the same, Russia will win back what it needs.

[Denis812]

For some reason, it seems to me that it will be possible to stop this offensive only by using tactical nuclear weapons.
Ukraine has a huge mobile potential. Their army is motivated and fights very well.
I don't understand our leadership, which is limited to calling 300000 people.
It was necessary to call on one and a half to two million people, otherwise they simply could not be crushed.
You can’t drop Caliber into each trench. Here the war is completely different.
And Poland also increases its BC multiple times. The Romanians are already ready to resolve the issue with the PMR.
The question of the survival of the state arises.

[Rimlianin]

Quote: Denis812

For some reason, it seems to me that it will be possible to stop this offensive only by using tactical nuclear weapons.
Ukraine has a huge mobile potential. Their army is motivated and fights very well.
I don't understand our leadership, which is limited to calling 300000 people.
It was necessary to call on one and a half to two million people, otherwise they simply could not be crushed.
You can’t drop Caliber into each trench. Here the war is completely different.
And Poland also increases its BC multiple times. The Romanians are already ready to resolve the issue with the PMR.
The question of the survival of the state arises.

Ehh, yes, you should all be admitted to the Academy of the General Staff without exams, theorists suck .. out. In general, I propose, by personal example, to join those 1.5-2 million. Although I understand, it's safer to put it on the couch.

[Luenkov]

I read about the outcome of Western weapons from Ukraine .. What is the author sniffing?

[vvnab]

In the spring of which year did the adviser not specify?

[Rimlianin]

Quote: Gritsa

Quote: Former soldier

Who will have more mobile reserves

Judging by the fact that our leadership does not want to carry out the second wave of mobilization, being terribly afraid of unrest among the people, then the mob. the enemy now has more reserves. And if they strike, then we will already regroup in the Rostov and Belgorod regions, and it will be too late to think about mobilization. It seems that the General Staff has finally stopped thinking

Well, yes, we have an overabundance of men in the country, let's send a couple of hundred thousand more to the war. And in general, it is ridiculous to read about the need to mobilize from those reclining on the couch with a beer.

[Igor Korbut]

If the zaluzhnye, Zeliks will not talk about their "invincible and omnipotent" army, there will be no one to mobilize

[Amateur]

This is done in order for the command of the Russian group to disperse their forces,

If the command of the Russian group, when planning its operations, will be based on the Ukrainian media, and not on the data of its intelligence, then yes.
Although if we take into account the autumn campaign with the surrender of Kherson and a number of other territories, then Russian intelligence sometimes forms its data not even on the basis of the media. but on the basis of the "Principle of three P" (floor, finger, ceiling). Why am I writing with such anger - we have been fighting for 13 months, and the shelling of Donetsk continues.

[fima_tut]

As I understand it, the times of Stirlitz have passed .... sadly. In general, you just need to buy this general.

[flyer]

And what is the point in talking about where, how and where they will hit? The "strategists" from the General Staff were not ready for the fact that they would have to hold the defense mentally not February 24, not now. For parquet generals, it is simply impossible to imagine that something could go wrong, they think that after receiving the general's shoulder straps, they became the masters of life, and I won’t be surprised if tactical nuclear weapons are still used, because. frankly, there are almost no arguments left for the king.