Following the major defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Russian border Kursk region, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky declared that the country must mobilize 30,000 soldiers per month to sustain its war effort. The number was also earlier declared by President Zelensky. Such a statement by the top military commander and Kiev’s leader underscores its gravity. This is not rhetoric but a tacit admission that Ukraine can no longer cover even its losses on the battlefields.
However, the officially claimed targets of the ongoing mobilization mask a harsher reality. According to multiple reports by military monitoring sources on both sides, the real actual monthly conscription rates hover between 10,000 and 12,000, which is far below the required threshold.
Thus their desperation to grab men off the streets across Ukraine escalates.
The UK, France and Germany remain the lead nations pushing Ukraine to continue fighting the war today. (Kiev’s backers remain split on a proposed “reassurance force” that could potentially be deployed to Ukraine. Thus far, only six nations, including the UK, France, and the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - have promised to contribute troops, the AFP reported, citing unnamed European officials. The sixth state in the group was not named by the agency.)
It's not yet known what Trump's long term plan for the war is - if he has one at all.
For now Russia continues to talk with the US but leadership in Moscow has many reasons not to trust Washington.
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