As the investigation into the terrorist attack in Moscow advances, the intensity of Russia's war against Ukraine is still increasing. In the past few days of the Qingming holiday, the Russian army launched a large-scale bombardment of Odessa, according to local media reports, the entire Odessa was plunged into a sea of fire, and the air defense system of the Ukrainian army completely collapsed.
The Russia-Ukraine war has escalated again
From a strategic point of view, the Russian army taking Odessa can turn Ukraine into a landlocked country, cut off the Ukrainian army's attack path on the Crimean Peninsula, and establish a bridgehead against NATO, which has many benefits, but it cannot complete the occupation by bombing alone, and the Russian army also needs to solve the problem of troop resources.
At the beginning of this month, Putin signed a presidential decree to start a three-and-a-half-month spring conscription, which is expected to conscript 150,000 new soldiers. At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also signed a bill to lower the minimum age limit for conscription from 27 to 25 years old, some analysts believe that this will allow Ukraine to recruit 300,000 more people to withstand the upcoming offensive of the Russian army.
Zelensky lowered the minimum age for conscription in Ukraine to 25 years old
People are the first element of war, and only those who can talk about fighting war. Russia and Ukraine have begun large-scale conscription at the same time, and it is clear that they are preparing for the next stage of large-scale operations. Earlier, we talked about a news, saying that the Russian rear began to mass-produce 500 kg, 1.5 tons and 3 tons of super bombs, these bombs are very effective against local fortresses or densely populated positions, which also shows from one side that the big war is coming.
The current situation on the Russian-Ukrainian front is actually not complicated. Since the Russian army took the important town of Avdeyevka in Donetsk, it has launched a full-scale offensive in Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Odessa and other directions.
No longer defensive, the Ukrainian army began to retreat
For such a situation, of course, the United States is dissatisfied, a group of lawmakers led by Lindsay Graham shouted at Zelensky, asking him to send more Ukrainians to the front line, judging from Zelensky's move to sign the bill, he is indeed implementing the orders of the United States, but the problem is that lowering the conscription age means that the labor force in the rear of Ukraine continues to be emptied, there is no financial support, no weapons and ammunition, even if hundreds of thousands of people are filled, what will they use to fight the Russian army? Is it really like Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said, take a shovel to the battlefield?
The new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Syrsky, said, don't panic, our defense line is very strong. Whether you believe it or not, at least the Ukrainians don't believe it, he just threw away Avdeyevka as soon as he took office, and he also admitted that the Ukrainian army was helpless in the face of the powerful gliding guided bombs of the Russian army. In such a situation, what else can the Ukrainian army do to build a defensive line, relying on these recruits who are not trained and sent to the front line are of no use except for filling in more lives.
Zelensky
And for Russia, this upcoming offensive will be their best chance. As long as it can control the initiative on the battlefield, not only can it enter Kyiv and establish a larger buffer zone, but the Russian army's long-range weapons can continue to be deployed westward to deter Poland and other NATO countries. At this time, the United States, mired in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and eager to seek re-election, has no energy to care about Ukraine, as long as Zelensky is cornered before the US election in November, then even if the United States does not want peace talks, Zelensky will completely lose the possibility of counterattack.
It is also ironic that Zelensky seems to have no self-awareness of the current situation, and he is still asking the United States for 25 sets of "Patriot" air defense systems, and the manufacturing cost alone exceeds 25 billion US dollars. In the past 2 years, as long as his brother is pragmatic, maybe the Ukrainian army will not be eroded to this extent on the front line.