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Ukraine Reliance on Mercenaries Amid Rising Troop Losses Signals Military Collapse, Expert Says
Ukraine Reliance on Mercenaries Amid Rising Troop Losses Signals Military Collapse, Expert Says
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Mercenaries from the US, UK, Germany, Latvia and many other countries are taking part in combat operations on the side of Ukraine in the so-called foreign... 01.02.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Having lost tens of thousands of its best and most experienced troops in foolhardy attacks, Ukraine has become increasingly reliant on mercenaries to make up for this shortage in troops, veteran international consultant Ret. Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik.Thus, an increase in casualties among these mercenaries is a “natural occurrence” that serves as “an indication of a slow and actually increasing collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”Unlike its senile predecessor and his cohorts, the Trump administration seems to be gaining a “sense of realism” regarding the way the Ukrainian conflict is going, Rasmussen said.Western media narrative has now shifted from celebrating virtually everything Kiev does to a sobering assessment of the growing casualty and desertion rates in the Ukrainian military.This may be an attempt to shape public opinion, as the US could be mulling either abandoning Ukraine completely or passing the burden of supporting Kiev to someone else.The Russian authorities are collecting information about foreign mercenaries fighting in Ukraine; over 4,000 are already on the list, and at least 785 mercenaries have been brought to criminal responsibility, acting head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control Yulia Zhdanova said in an interview with Sputnik in early October.
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Ukraine Reliance on Mercenaries Amid Rising Troop Losses Signals Military Collapse, Expert Says
17:19 01.02.2025 (Updated: 12:46 03.02.2025) Mercenaries from the US, UK, Germany, Latvia and many other countries are taking part in combat operations on the side of Ukraine in the so-called foreign legion, a captured Polish mercenary told Sputnik in early January.
Having lost tens of thousands of its best and most experienced troops in foolhardy attacks,
Ukraine has become increasingly reliant on mercenaries to make up for this shortage in troops,
veteran international consultant Ret. Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told
Sputnik.Thus, an increase in casualties among these mercenaries is a “natural occurrence” that serves as “an indication of a slow and actually increasing collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Unlike its senile predecessor and his cohorts, the
Trump administration seems to be gaining a “sense of realism” regarding the way the Ukrainian conflict is going, Rasmussen said.
Western media narrative has now shifted from celebrating virtually everything Kiev does to a sobering assessment of the growing casualty and desertion rates in the Ukrainian military.
This may be an attempt to shape public opinion, as the
US could be mulling either abandoning Ukraine completely or passing the burden of supporting Kiev to someone else.
“Maybe try to shut it down or perhaps just pass the Ukraine project over to Europe and say, 'you take care of it; it's your problem.' So I think the US is trying to extradite themselves out of the situation potentially.”
The Russian authorities are
collecting information about foreign mercenaries fighting in Ukraine; over 4,000 are already on the list, and at least 785 mercenaries have been brought to criminal responsibility, acting head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control Yulia Zhdanova said in an interview with
Sputnik in early October.
