{"id":189269,"date":"2023-11-27T14:10:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189269"},"modified":"2023-11-27T14:10:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T14:10:19","slug":"ukraine-in-trouble-as-its-running-short-on-troops-and-prospects-looking-dim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/ukraine-in-trouble-as-its-running-short-on-troops-and-prospects-looking-dim\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine in trouble as it\u2019s \u2018running short\u2019 on troops and ‘prospects looking dim’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine: Defence forces target Shahed drones fired by Russia<\/h3>\n

As Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine approaches the three-year mark, Ukraine is rapidly losing its well-trained infantry on the battlefront and any chance of defeating Russia is dwindling.<\/p>\n

While Russian President Vladimir Putin is militarising the Russian economy, replenishing its army, and producing more and more weapons, Ukraine is falling behind.<\/p>\n

Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said there may be some hope for Ukrainians, but only if they make \u201cthe right choices\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kofman said to The Wall Street Journal: \u201cThe material advantages in 2024 are principally on Russia\u2019s side, but they don\u2019t appear decisive enough that Russia will be able to achieve its political aims.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s inaccurate to suggest that Russia is winning the war. However, if the right choices are not made next year on Ukraine\u2019s approach and Western resourcing, then Ukraine\u2019s prospects for success look dim.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has consistently focused on keeping Kyiv supplied with advanced arms, ammunition, and financing as he\u2019s visited Washington and other Western capitals.<\/p>\n

But the real problem is at home, where Ukraine\u2019s top military commander said that training and recruiting troops has become a serious challenge.<\/p>\n

In a recent essay, Ukrainian military commander Valery Zaluzhny said: \u201cThe prolonged nature of the war, limited opportunities for the rotation of soldiers on the line of contact, gaps in legislation that seem to legally evade mobilisation, significantly reduce the motivation of citizens to serve with the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukraine needs more manpower to sustain the war against Russia – a country more than three times the population of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Kyiv fills its ranks with volunteers, but the state also has a system that allows it to draft men of military age.<\/p>\n

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