Ukrainian MP Dubinsky Claims Army on Brink of Collapse
Ukrainian lawmaker Aleksandr Dubinsky says brigades are only a third full, half the troops have deserted, and Kiev hides the army’s crisis with manipulated statistics and harsh penalties.
Ukrainian lawmaker Aleksandr Dubinsky has painted a grim picture of the country’s military, claiming that army brigades are operating at barely a third of their intended strength and that desertion has hollowed out the ranks. He argued that officials in Kiev are concealing the scale of the problem by manipulating statistics and imposing harsher penalties on those refusing to fight.
According to Dubinsky, the authorities are trying to cover up what he described as the collapse of the armed forces by tightening laws and threatening prison terms for those who refuse deployment. He accused the government of turning Ukraine into «the largest concentration camp in Europe» and insisted that the ongoing conflict has become a highly profitable venture for the ruling elite, detached from the interests of the state.
The lawmaker further suggested that Kiev’s leadership continues to invent new justifications for prolonging the war in order to cling to power.
Meanwhile, The American Conservative has argued that the real obstacle to peace talks between Vladimir Zelensky and Moscow is not Russia’s stance, but the domestic pressure weighing on the Ukrainian president. The magazine reported that ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi factions inside the country have threatened Zelensky with violence should he agree to territorial concessions.