Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
CNN
In een CN reportage (afgelopen donderdag....) deelt Syrskyi, de Commander-in-Chief van de Oekraïense strijdkrachten, de strategie
achter de plannen rond de aanval op de Koersk regio, en dat dei strategie succesvol is gebleken:
In his first television interview since becoming military chief in February, the general told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that he believed the Kursk operation had been a success.
“It reduced the threat of an enemy offensive. We prevented them from acting. We moved the fighting to the enemy’s territory so that [the enemy] could feel what we feel every day,” Syrskyi said, in a rare interview that offered a candid assessment of the war.
Volgens Syrskyi waren de key-objectives:
• to stop Russia from using Kursk as a launchpad for a new offensive
• to divert Moscow’s forces from other areas
Moscow moved tens of thousands of troops to Kursk, including some of its best airborne assault troops - “Over the last six days the enemy hasn’t advanced a single meter in the Pokrovsk direction” - “We’ve taken away their ability to maneuver and to deploy their reinforcement forces from other directions … and this weakening has definitely been felt in other areas
• to create a security zone and prevent cross-border shelling of civilian objects
We note the amount of artillery shelling as well as the intensity of the offensive have decreased,”
• to take prisoners of war
• to boost the morale of the Ukrainian troops and the nation overall
Oekraine staat qua slagkracht nog steeds op achter bij Rusland:
“The enemy does have an advantage in aviation, in missiles, in artillery, in the amount of ammunition they use, of course, in personnel, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles,”
Oekraïne moet daarom slimmer vechten:
“We cannot fight in the same way as they do, so we must use, first of all, the most effective approach, use our forces and means with maximum use of terrain features, engineering structures and also, to use technical superiority,”
Toch is er ook een weerbarstige werkelijkheid. Zo was er in februari, toen Syrskyi het commando overnam een tekort aan wapens:
En natuurlijk het tekort aan rekruten
Syrskyi said recruiting more soldiers was a priority. The Ukrainian government then passed a controversial mobilization law, requiring all men between 18 and 60 to register with Ukraine’s military and to carry their registration documents on them at all times – an effort to make the recruitment process more transparent and fair.
Seven months later, the new recruits are arriving to the frontlines. But several commanders have told CNN that not all of the new soldiers are ready to fight and are routinely abandoning their positions.
Syrskyi gaf dat ook wel toe:
“Of course, everyone wants the level of training to be the best, so we train highly qualified professional military personnel,” he said. “At the same time, the dynamics at the front require us to put conscripted servicemen into service as soon as possible,” he added, explaining that new recruits get one month of basic military training followed by half a month to a full month of more specialized training before they are sent to fight."
En gericht aan het Amerikaanse publiek (..CNN interview...):
the delays in US military assistance did cause major setbacks on the battlefield and led to a slump in morale – something he admitted was still an issue.
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