1.5 million soldiers: expert explained if Ukraine will hold such an army (video)

Why President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about an increase in the army to 1. 5 million, the ex -school of the General Staff and the military journalist Vladislav Seleznov told on the channel "Kiev 24". Seleznyov noted that today Ukraine has a millionth army, which is spent the entire state budget (according to government data is UAH 2. 23 trillion). So, to increase the number of soldiers one and a half times, you need to get half of what is.

In his opinion, Ukraine does not where to take money. It should be borne in mind that a larger army requires an appropriate amount of weapons, ammunition, equipment and equipment. It is not worth expecting that this will come from Europe, since Europeans do not have resources, the expert says. "We need to find somewhere else in the six -year budget of Ukraine. Real? No.

Where to get it? If even collective Europe declares that its warehouses with weapons and military equipment are devastated," Seleznyov said. According to the expert, when President Zelensky spoke about the growth of the army, he wanted to show Europe the idea of ​​creating a "European Army on the Funds of the Ukrainian Defense Forces". In this way, the EU country could have been protected from Vladimir Putin, who stated that his goal was not only control over Ukraine.

The Kremlin head tries to drive NATO to the 1997 borders and he is ready to do so with a military route, the expert reminded. And then the EU, and especially the countries of Eastern Europe, will be useful for Ukrainians, explained Seleznyov's possible ideas of Zelensky. "It is unrealistic to pull out an armed confrontation with the army, which is still considered to be the second power in the world.

Only allied contractual relationships and communications are able to extract this story," the military expert said. It should be noted that on February 15, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the Munich Security Conference and explained how Ukrainians can protect themselves from the Russian offensive. Among other things, the politician spoke about the need to grow up to 1. 5 million people and this will cost $ 60 billion.

According to him, such a number of military can save Ukraine if NATO refuses it. Meanwhile, in January 2024, in an interview with ARD Zelensky reported that the total number of Armed Forces was 880 thousand. At the same time, in November 2024, The Financil Times evaluated the Mobilization Reserve of Ukraine. Analysts estimated that the total number of men from 25 to 60 years is 11. 1 million. Of these, the mobilization reserve is 3. 7 million.