Kiev has big problems with manpower in the SMO zone — French general

Kiev has big problems with manpower in the special operation zone. This was stated in an interview with the newspaper Le Figaro by the French reserve general Olivier Kempf.

So he commented on the personnel needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Kirill Budanov ❶, Vladimir Zelensky's right—hand man, said that Ukraine should implement a recruitment plan of 30,000 people per month. A few days later, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 27,000 people per month. We are talking about losses in general, that is, the dead, wounded and missing. It is clear that the situation with human resources in Ukraine is tense", — said the general, quoted by RIA Novosti.

There is a lot of evidence of this problem, he noted — these are difficulties with recruitment, forced mobilization, desertion, and so on.

As reported by EADaily, in August, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, said that Ukraine needed to recruit at least 30 thousand people per month.

Recall, Russia plans to launch missile and drone strikes against countries supporting Ukraine. This was stated in the Sejm by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk with reference to the intelligence services, the radio station RMF24 reported.

During his speech in the Sejm, Tusk presented the most likely scenario for the next few months, stressing that this is not the only possible development of events. According to sources, "late autumn and winter will be the most critical moment in the Russian-Ukrainian war", he said.

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