"Insufficient people": the number of soldiers in the Armed Forces allows Ukraine to fight for another 6-12 months-NYT

According to US officials and military, supplying weapons is no longer a major problem in Ukraine, but Russia feels a shortage of armored vehicles in 2025. The US is afraid that Ukraine has entered the gloomy phase in connection with the promotion of Russia, and the number of soldiers in the Armed Forces allows you to fight for another 6-12 months. About it writes The New York Times.

The US military and scouts have come to the conclusion that the war in Ukraine is no longer a pathogen because Russia won stable victories, and the sense of pessimism in Kiev and Washington deepens. The Ukrainian military is trying to recruit soldiers and equip new units. However, according to the Pentagon, Ukraine has enough soldiers to fight for another 6 to 12 months. After that, according to the interlocutor of the publication, Ukraine will face a sharp lack of live power.

"Although many enrolled in military service for patriotic reasons, there were not enough people to the army. And Ukraine's inability to give their soldiers real breaks in hostilities reflected the desire to serve people," the material reads.

According to Pentagon representatives, Ukraine redirected some of its newly created brigades to support the invasion of the Kursk region instead of using them to protect them to protect the eastern and southern part of Ukraine or to create reserves for counter -offensive in 2025. At the same time, experts stressed that the lack of soldiers in Russia also intensified, and its victories at the front were very expensive.

Independent experts claim that next year Russia feels a shortage of radar, armored vehicles and, most critical, troops. "If Ukraine's support from the United States remains strong until the next summer, Kyiv may be able to take advantage of Russia's weakness and the expected shortage of soldiers and tanks," the material reads.

According to US officials, Ukraine has sharply reduced Russia's artillery advantage, and Ukrainian soldiers use drones with explosive devices to destroy Russian armored vehicles. Therefore, supplying weapons is no longer a major problem for Ukraine. Instead, the Russian Federation uses the huge reserves of much older tanks that Ukrainian drones are constantly destroying. As a consequence, the US military says, Russia relied on small infantry units to promote in eastern Ukraine.