LONDON (VINnews) — UK’s Chief of Defense Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin claimed that Russia has already “strategically lost” its war in Ukraine and is now a “more diminished power”.
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Radakin said that Russia was suffering heavy losses, running out of troops and advanced missiles and would never be able to take over all of Ukraine.
“This is a dreadful mistake by Russia. Russia will never take control of Ukraine,” Radakin told PA Media in an interview published Friday.
In the interview Radakin said that Russia had lost a quarter of its military power for “tiny” gains of less than 10% of Ukraine’s territory. He added that even if Putin achieved “tactical successes” in the coming weeks, he had lost significant portions of his military power and was running out of troops and hi-tech missiles.
“Russia has strategically lost already. Nato is stronger, Finland and Sweden are looking to join,” Radakin said.
“President Putin has used about 25% of his army’s power to gain a tiny amount of territory and 50,000 people either dead or injured. Russia is failing.”
Radakin’s claims echo British intelligence reports, the latest of which said some Russian battalion tactical groups (BTGs) – typically established at about 600 to 800 personnel – have only been able to muster as few as 30 soldiers. Russia has also lost some 1,700 tanks and 4,000 armored fighting vehicles since the February 24th invasion.
Despite some successes in the Donbas region, Radakin says that “measured against Russia’s original plan, none of the strategic objectives have been achieved. In order for Russia to achieve any form of success, it will require continued huge investment of manpower and equipment and is likely to take considerable further time,” he concluded.
However Radakin dismissed speculation that Putin’s personal position was under threat after the military failures. In a BBC interview, Radakin said that this was “wishful thinking.”
“As military professionals, we see a relatively stable regime in Russia. President Putin has been able to quash any opposition. We see a hierarchy that is invested in President Putin and so nobody at the top has got the motivation to challenge President Putin,” Radakin added.
Despite its weakened military capabilities, Radakin insisted that “Russia continues to be a nuclear power. It’s got cyber-capabilities, it’s got space capabilities, and it’s got particular programs underwater, so it can threaten the underwater cables that allow the world’s information to transit around the whole globe.”
Some months ago, an expert predicted that Russia would run out of ammunition in 10 days.
These guys are a joke. The ugly, terrible truth is that Russia is winning, and we are all suffering from the US government’s retaliatory economic war on Russia.
sounds good, but the reality on the ground is that Ukraine is suffering terribly and Russians hardly feel the pinch.
He is full of it. (But then again, he is English.)
Russia probably won’t capture the entire Ukraine, but it now looks likely that Russia will hold on to its gains in the east (a large territory which is its industrial base), and will probably push west from the south part of Ukraine it already conquered, capturing Odesa, all the way to Moldova, thus leaving Ukraine a much smaller land-locked country. Ukraine will be forced to sign a please deal with Russia, otherwise, it won’t be able to export any of its grain through the Russia-controlled Black Sea.
This dunce reminds me of Baghdad Bob.