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R. Walker also said that Moscow could lose up to 1.8 million. troops in an attempt to achieve its goal of fully capturing Donetsk and Luhansk in the east, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye in the south.
He added that in a long war “there are no winners. It’s total devastation on both sides and lost generations.”
Answering questions at a conference in London, the UK’s new army chief said the war in Ukraine was “not going well for anyone”.
But he warned that Vladimir Putin must suffer defeat, otherwise the “broader security system protecting the NATO alliance, the real target of his aggression,” would be at risk.
“Putin has to suffer defeat in Ukraine, otherwise where is he going to go from here?” he told soldiers, industry representatives and other defense experts at a conference in London organized by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank.
Presenting these forecasts, the general was answering the question of how, in his opinion, the year 2022 will take place and when it will end. Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
“If they continue their actions, it would probably take the Russians five years to achieve their minimum goals of fully occupying four areas,” Walker said. – Based on the current number of dead and wounded, they should probably lose more than 1.5 million. of people to achieve this goal, and the value of lost equipment would run into untold billions.”
But he added: “The big question is whether the Ukrainian armed forces will be able to maintain the kind of defense they have.”
After more than two and a half years of fighting and more than half a million casualties, some parts of these regions are already under Russian control.
Speaking about how the conflict is going, Mr. Walker added that “given the way the world is going,” Russia should not want to lose 1.5-1.8 million. people for a piece of Ukraine.
The comments came as the UK military chief warned his troops must be ready to fight a war with an “axis of coup” comprising Russia, China, Iran and North Korea in three years’ time.
He predicted that, win or lose, Russia would emerge from its invasion of Ukraine “very dangerous” and “willing to take revenge” on countries such as the United Kingdom that supported Kiev.
“The point is, when you think they are [rusai] landed, they will come back and take revenge,” he said.
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