Ukraine look for solutions while Russian forces They make the most progress in the final months on the front lines in October and continue to advance eastward despite suffering record losses since the war began. invasionaccording to Kiev.
A record of 41,980 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded last month, the Ukrainian military says, as the invading army continues «one of the fiercest offensives» since the war began, according to Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Sirski.
Although the losses of Russia reaching a new record for the second consecutive month, his army recently accelerated its advance in eastern Ukraine, particularly in the center of the Donetsk region, near Kurakhov and Pokrovsk, capturing around 200 square kilometers.
While this progress does not yet represent a breakthrough, the trend is worrying and raises many alarm bells in Ukraine, amid few signs that its allies abroad are willing to respond to Ukraine’s calls for greater support .
A critical juncture
Him success of the Russian campaign in Donetsk This is largely due to Moscow’s traditional advantages in ammunition and soldiers, along with its apparent disregard for losses, writes Ukrainian military analyst Mikola Bielieskov for the US-based Atlantic Council think tank.
According to him, the Russian invasion is now at a critical juncture, and unless Ukraine’s allies take measures in the coming months to reverse the negative dynamics, Russia’s advantage will continue to grow until the military situation reaches “the point of no return.”
«The needs of Ukraine are well known and include a significant increase in military aid along with the abolition of restrictions on the use of Western weapons,” Bielieskov emphasizes.
However, Ukraine’s allies are unlikely to increase their military support, believes well-known military blogger Sergiy Sternenko.
A call for reforms
According to Sternenko, Ukraine is currently losing the war and military reform is urgently needed to ensure the country can use its smaller resources more efficiently to stop its larger adversary.
Joining a growing chorus of voices from military personnel, military analysts and military journalists, Sternenko insisted in a recent video on the need to reform Ukraine’s military command structure.
In particular, according to him, we need to abandon the practice of often dividing entire brigades into many small, poorly coordinated units fighting in different parts of the front line.
According to Sternenko, the military should focus on strengthening existing experienced brigades that urgently need new soldiers and could help train them instead of creating and training new brigades from scratch.
Ukraine plans to mobilize another 160,000 people, but recruitment numbers are declining amid frequent complaints about the poor quality of some of the new recruits due to poor health and insufficient motivation.
According to several proposals, the solution could be to focus on the quality of recruits rather than their quantity, giving soldiers more flexibility in choosing their place in the army, as well as increasing their pay and social guarantees if they are found guilty or injured died.
Ukraine can still win
It is not clear whether Russia will have sufficient forces to achieve its strategic objectives in Donetsk in the near future, but is trying to convince Ukrainians and their allies abroad of the futility of continuing resistance.
However, Russia’s mounting losses mean it can no longer easily replace the wounded and dead through voluntary conscription, while its leaders are reluctant to call for another mobilization, argues military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko.
While Russia tries to close the gap by engaging North Korean soldiers, Ukraine’s main task is to continue increasing Russian losses through the use of technological and long-range weapons while saving its own soldiers, he stressed to EFE.
The fact that Russia is also suffering and is slowly running out of equipment such as tanks and armored fighting vehicles gives hope that Ukraine can win the war, if it increases its efficiency and its allies shake off the fear of escalation, believe many in Ukraine. .
