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Assumptions like that have come back to haunt others over time as well.
"The English channel is but a ditch. We have only to cross it." - Napoleon Bonaparte. (something like that).
Then they must be armed. Ukraine needs to model its military on Israel. Excluding children (and the Orthodox), everyone who can shoot has been or is a soldier, with citizens volunteering in the active reserves up to age 60. This is because the Israelis know that whomever invades isn't coming for land, but to murder every Israeli man, women and child, to finish the Holocaust (Holodomor for Ukrainians).Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, acknowledged that a mass evacuation of civilians from Sievierodonetsk now is "simply not possible"
You Sir, are quite correct. If only that could happen, Ukraine would stop and push back the russian hoards. It is shameful how Western countries promise so much, but fail to deliver. An example is Germany, promising to send {in May this year} Gepard anti aircraft weapon systems; IN JULY!!!!!!!!! Ukraine needs these systems now. All these Western promised weapons are not arriving in time for Ukraine to protect itself. It is time to pull the finger out, and fast track military aid to Ukraine. How many more innocent Ukrainian civilians and military personnel have to die before we, the West, understand that this is real, this is deadly and this has to be a firm and unflinching stand against russian expansionism. If it to be peace in our time, it needs to start here, with giving Ukraine everything it requires to defeat russia.Logistics is not magic, and it takes time (don't forget about training).
But, Iraq invaded Kuwait by August 2 and by February 28 the war was over. They handled 170,000 vehicles (including 12,000 armored) and 12,575 aircraft and almost a million men. Plus fuel ammo and food.
If only 1/5 of the logistic effort of the first gulf war was devoted to Ukrainia ....
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And for the Belarusians to rise up, including those serving in the forces.I must admit, you would think that this present situation would seem a good time for Georgia and Chechnya to resume their opposition to russian interference....
Then they must be armed. Ukraine needs to model its military on Israel. Excluding children (and the Orthodox), everyone who can shoot has been or is a soldier, with citizens volunteering in the active reserves up to age 60. This is because the Israelis know that whomever invades isn't coming for land, but to murder every Israeli man, women and child, to finish the Holocaust (Holodomor for Ukrainians).
If Zelenskyy can arm, train and them mobilize another two million Ukrainian men and women, the Russians will be in trouble. That Russian retired coronel said as much on state TV, that once the Lend Lease arrives in force, the UAF will number two million and be unstoppable.
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"Israel's military reserve system provides an indispensable base for sustaining the conscript and professional superstructure of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Since Israelis have historically found themselves surrounded by potentially hostile countries with much larger populations, they have designed a framework for quickly mobilizing large numbers of battle-ready forces in an emergency. As a result, Israeli planners have traditionally treated reservists as core combat troops—essential for any major operation—rather than as supplementary forces."
Something else involved in the supply of the heavier equipment to the Ukraine.
The majority of the US M113 platforms (again as an example) are not going to be fed piecemeal into the war. The current intent is to equip at least 2 units that will effectively become Mechanized Infantry Brigades. A large percentage of the other heavy weapons (such as the M109, FISTV, and HIMARS/MLRS platforms) being supplied by the US will also go to these units, making up the Brigade Support units. Pretty much all the equipment needed to build up these units is being arranged in one form or another. My understanding is that the other NATO countries are doing something similar with a significant percentage of their contributions. (My understanding is that a significant number of the Polish T-72 contribution will constitute the Tank Battalions attached to these Brigades.
Training involved in Heavy Brigade unit warfare is also taking place, with experienced UAF troops (drawn from units that have suffered significant losses) constituting the cores of the units, and additional green or less experienced Ukrainian troops being trained in as quickly as possible. The effect of such units will, if done properly, be a magnitude more than if most of the equipment were simply fed into the grinder in small numbers.
These types of units will be needed if the UAF is going go on the offensive, and kick the RF's ass hard enough to force it to withdraw from the Ukraine.
M777 units were deployed on the frontline not later than April 28 on the 64th day of the invasion.Given the necessity and limits of logistics, it would seem that any MRLS, SPGs and AFVs promised to Ukraine today won't be in the UAF's frontline hands until at least 90 days.
Or we do not know what the new Battle of Atlantic (Pacific, Indian eventually?) will look like.At least we don't have to worry about U-boats hampering the supply chain.
Civilians who can not be evacuated must be helped not armed.Then they must be armed. Ukraine needs to model its military on Israel. Excluding children (and the Orthodox), everyone who can shoot has been or is a soldier, with citizens volunteering in the active reserves up to age 60. This is because the Israelis know that whomever invades isn't coming for land, but to murder every Israeli man, women and child, to finish the Holocaust (Holodomor for Ukrainians).
If Zelenskyy can arm, train and them mobilize another two million Ukrainian men and women, the Russians will be in trouble. That Russian retired coronel said as much on state TV, that once the Lend Lease arrives in force, the UAF will number two million and be unstoppable.
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"Israel's military reserve system provides an indispensable base for sustaining the conscript and professional superstructure of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Since Israelis have historically found themselves surrounded by potentially hostile countries with much larger populations, they have designed a framework for quickly mobilizing large numbers of battle-ready forces in an emergency. As a result, Israeli planners have traditionally treated reservists as core combat troops—essential for any major operation—rather than as supplementary forces."
Depends on their ability. I'm 51 years old, in good health. I haven't fired a gun since the .22 sleeved SMLE we used in Army Cadets in the 1980s. But assuming weapons can be had, the only help I'd need were Russians invading my town is a quick lesson on the workings of the Kalashnikov along with ammunition, and maybe a sandwich.Civilians who can not be evacuated must be helped not armed.