the Ukrainian Army is able to defeat Russian troops in the Crimea for 36 hours. This statement was made on air of the Ukrainian TV channel “HOUSE” the President of the Center for global studies “Strategy XXI” Michael Gonchar. According to “expert”, you first need to destroy the bridge Kerch. Then all Russian forces in Crimea will be trapped. In Russia such attack military experts responded simply, twisted a finger at a temple. “MK” has found out that in fact may be hiding behind such statements.
so Mikhail Gonchar considers that the Ukrainian army can defeat the Russian troops on the Peninsula. According to pseudoexpert, the key to an epochal victory over the “aggressor” – the Crimean bridge.
Potter called the bridge across the Kerch Strait the weak point of Russia. He believes that in the event of a conflict not only in the Black sea and in the Eastern Mediterranean is goal No. 1. If it collapses, then the alleged Russian forces in Crimea will cut off from relief the continental part of Russia and can be taken with bare hands.
That’s why, in his opinion, the upcoming exercises “Caucasus-2020” will develop rapid deployment of manpower and equipment in the Crimea.
“Let the saber-rattling continue. It will not save them”, – said a smug Potter. And then offered the “winning” strategy: after the destruction of the bridge, to begin a massive blow from the side of Ukraine and to organize a powerful attack.
“After the bridge collapses, the Russian group in Crimea will be trapped. Then trick – methodically and systematically begin to thresh, to 36 hours to spread, as it was in Syria and in Libya,” declared Potter.
When, and most importantly who is “methodically and systematically denounced” Russian forces in Libya and Syria, pseudoexpert to explain and could not. He just declined to answer the host.
–This is an obvious provocation, – said the “MK” the veteran of five wars and conflicts, the military expert, the Hero of Russia Rustem Klopov. – The main goal of our Western “partners” – any ways to drag us into a conflict with the former Soviet republics. Because such statements are born that are trying to psych us out. But while more than nonsense from the mouth of another distraught from Kiev, it is not drawn.
Especially silly according to Klopova, it looks because the Ukrainian army is still in a deplorable, if not miserable. Argument six years of unsuccessful struggle with the rebellious Donbass.
Main question: what will destroy the Ukraine, Russian troops in Crimea? At the disposal of the armed forces of Ukraine (APU) at the beginning of the summer were a little more than 260 thousand “bayonets” up to 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles of different generations and modifications.
on the one hand, it is 5-7 times more than the Russian army on the Peninsula. On the other, on the border with Crimea Ukraine��cal troops can afford to send at best 20-25% of these forces. After all, half of the APU is in its seventh year aimlessly marking time in the South-East of Ukraine.
Even sadder is the situation with yellow and blue aircraft. The combat-ready fighters, bombers and attack planes all over the country – not more than fifty. This despite the fact that the air defense group in Crimea one of the strongest in Europe. Only aircraft generation “4++” Russia may raise in the sky to hundreds. Plus air defense systems s-400 “Triumph”, “Buk-M3”, “Carapace-C1”.
as for the Ukrainian Navy, it can be deleted from the list of threats. All that was left of the Ukrainian Navy – thoroughly rusted, built in the 70s in Poland airborne “Yuri Olefirenko,” Yes, the frigate “Hetman Sahaidachny”, which may already cannot move independently.
–it has long been clear – the Ukrainian army is no hope. Even for attempted assault on the Crimea you need at least a five-fold numerical superiority over our forces, – said Rustem Klopov. – As to the question – how fast in the event of aggression against Russia from Ukraine, Russian troops can reach Kiev or Odessa, I say this: back in the 60’s Britain has calculated that from East Berlin to the English channel, the Soviet army will take a maximum of ten days. But now we have not the 60s, and the Russian army was much more mobile.
