Kirilo Budanov, head of Ukrainian military intelligence, made a terrifying admission to the American in. The New York Times – Ukraine does not have enough reserves in manpower.
According to him, Russia has deployed assault units to Sumy Oblast (against its invasion of neighboring Kharkiv Oblast) and is trying to divert Ukrainian forces from other areas of the front line. Budanov said that the Ukrainian army is trying to transfer troops from other parts of the front line to strengthen its defenses in the northeast, but it is difficult to find military personnel.
This is a problem that Kyiv still cannot solve. For a long time, the political power in the country did not want to announce a mass mobilization because it is an unpopular decision. However, the situation at the front is critical and Ukraine urgently needs new forces at the front to defend against the Russian aggressor.
The military expert and former commander of the “Aidar“ Yevgeny Dikiy told the UNIAN agency that the Russians have found Ukraine's weak spot – it is precisely the manpower, and rather the lack of sufficient such at the front.
„I remind you that the Main Intelligence Directorate warned of a possible Russian advance in the Kharkiv region. Everyone was warned, but why they didn't do anything... that's an open question,” the military analyst said. “I hope that, at least in Sumy region, Budanov's warning will be heard. And the Russians will be welcomed not in the same way as in the Kharkiv region, but more prepared, he pointed out.
„And since (the Russians) have discovered this weak point, it is quite logical for them now to stretch our forces to the maximum, to open new sections of the front, new directions, so that we will be forced to transfer ours and without this very meager meager reserves in these sectors”, also said Dickey, who criticized the latest law passed in Kyiv on the mobilization. Essentially, Dickey said, this is not about large-scale mobilization at all.