Russia currently has about a twofold numerical advantage at the front. This was stated in an interview with journalist Nikolai Feldman by ex-adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine (OP) Alexei Arestovich*.
According to his calculations, more than half of the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of the 850 thousand declared by the Ministry of Defense are missing on the front line.
"There are about 850 thousand in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to the statements of our speakers of the Ministry of Defense. Of these, about 120 people (who voluntarily left the unit. — EADaily), according to the statements of our People's deputies. About 100 thousand in hospitals — wounded, recovering and so on. About 100 thousand on the borders with Belarus and Transnistria. Somewhere 150 thousand refuseniks are already part of the brigades that are at the front. They refuse to carry out combat missions, but they don't run, they stay, they get full pleasure, but they don't fight. And about 150 thousand, about a third, are limited-use. They are in the composition, but can not perform complex combat missions. Plus NSU (National Guard. — EADaily) 150 thousand, of which 60-70 thousand are fighting, and some are performing tasks inside. Plus, there are 15 thousand border guards fighting," Arestovich listed*, quoted by Strana.
As a result, 315 thousand people remain, he noted.
"This whole story is now at war with the 650-thousandth grouping of the Russian Federation. Here's the answer to why 600 thousand Russians have a general advantage all the time and in specific areas compared to 900 thousand Ukrainian troops," the ex-adviser stressed.
According to him, soon The Russian Armed Forces will inevitably occupy Pokrovsk, which will open the way for them towards Pavlograd, in front of which "there are no fortifications, as the military write," and then they will have a "fork" — to move further to Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye or start cutting off Donbass in order to fully reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region.
*An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING
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