[ワシントン ３０日 ロイター] – Chief of Defense Staff General Ladakin said on Monday that there were signs of “increasing vulnerability” to Russian forces invading Ukraine.
“There are some pressure points and we see vulnerabilities in the Russian military,” Mr. Ladakin told reporters in Washington. But he said the slow pace of the fighting meant that the Russian military would not suddenly collapse, adding that “the balance between the Ukrainian and Russian forces will not change significantly.”
On this day, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of the four provinces of Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye in eastern and southern Ukraine, which had overwhelmingly supported their incorporation into Russia in the previous referendum. Signed the annexation treaty with pro-Russian representatives. Even so, Russian forces have been surrounded by Ukrainian forces in Liman, a strategic point in the northern Donetsk region, and Ukraine has said it will have to appeal to the Ukrainian government if it wants to free the besieged soldiers.
Mr Ladakin said Mr Putin’s recent statements reflected “Russia’s fragility and despair”, including the possible use of nuclear weapons. The Ukrainian army, which has accelerated its reversal offensive in September, may advance further in the northeast and east, and said that (Putin’s) rhetoric could become increasingly reckless. rice field.
Regarding the impact of Russia’s partial mobilization of the Reserve Forces on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he said, “There will be no impact at all in a military or tactical sense,” and the Russian government has requested that mobilized soldiers bring bandages and winter gear. “The pressure on Russia has been exposed,” he said.
“I don’t think the Ukrainian military would feel threatened by mobilization done in such an amateurish way,” he said.