If we are going to win, we need an asymmetrical way – Commander of 3rd Assault Brigade
Pravda Ukraine
Andrii Biletskyi, commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade, has said that in order to gain an advantage over poorly trained but more numerous Russian forces, the Ukrainian army must focus on professionalising its personnel, providing quality training and introducing new tactics and technologies.
Source: Biletskyi in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda
Details: Ukrainska Pravda asked Biletskyi what Ukraine needs to do to win the war against the Russian Federation, the full-scale phase of which has been going on for more than 1.5 years.
As Biletskyi explains, despite NATO standards, the Ukrainian army is in many ways a post-Soviet structure. It is also confronting the post-Soviet Russian army, which has its own weaknesses and strengths.
Biletskyi said that for example, the weakness of the Russian side is that their ground staff will never be of high quality because it simply does not have time to learn and improve.
“That is, it is very bad human material that is fighting on their side, which is also completely unprofessional. This is on the one hand. On the other hand, they have a lot of this material, to put it politely,” Biletskyi noted.
So, if Ukrainian forces consist of untrained, poorly motivated units against Russian untrained, poorly motivated units, sooner or later the Russians will break Ukrainians for an elementary reason – because they simply outnumber us, Biletskyi added.
Quote: “If we are going to win, we need an asymmetrical way. How did the Spartans dominate the Aegean region and win the Persian War with 4,000 free citizens compared to tens of thousands in other polities or states? Why? Because of the quality of combat training, and the professionalism of the army and commanders.
Nowadays, an extremely important issue for Ukraine is professionalisation, raising the level of combat training, retraining, promoting new technologies, new tactics, and very rapid retraining of people.”
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