{"id":616,"date":"2024-11-24T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T00:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=616"},"modified":"2024-11-24T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T00:30:10","slug":"eu-not-ready-for-war-with-russia-former-top-ukrainian-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=616","title":{"rendered":"EU not ready for war with Russia \u2013 former top Ukrainian general"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiev\u2019s European sponsors could only sustain a short-term direct conflict with Moscow, Valery Zaluzhny has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western nations are unprepared for a prolonged military confrontation with a country like Russia, as their stocks of air defense missiles are insufficient for a high-intensity conflict, according to Ukraine\u2019s ambassador in London and former top general, Valery Zaluzhny.<\/p>\n

The former commander-in-chief of\u00a0the Ukrainian\u00a0armed forces made the statement in an interview with Ukrainskaya Pravda published on Saturday. In October, over 1,800 Russian drones and missiles targeted Ukraine\u2019s energy grid, and in November, the number exceeded 3,000, according to Zaluzhny.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo European countries, or even Britain, today possess 5,000 missiles for Patriot systems to intercept guided bombs? I somehow doubt it,\u201d<\/em> Zaluzhny said. \u201cIf we are talking about short-term military operations, European countries are most likely ready. But the essence of the question is whether they are prepared for a war of attrition.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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In this respect, we can say that they are apparently not ready.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Zaluzhny said that air defenses would need to contend with a large number of targets in a protracted conflict, and interceptor missile stocks are always limited and producing new ones is expensive and complex. Each PAC-3 interceptor missile used in the US-made Patriot air defense systems costs around $4 million, according to US military sources.<\/p>\n

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Russia has recently intensified its strikes<\/a> on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and critical energy infrastructure in retaliation for Kiev\u2019s cross-border raids and attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure and oil facilities.<\/p>\n

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Putin announces mass production of Oreshnik missiles<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On Thursday, Moscow used its new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, for the first time against the Yuzhmash industrial complex in Dnepropetrovsk \u2013 an aerospace manufacturing facility inherited from the USSR that Ukraine has been using for missile production.<\/p>\n

The strike was a retaliatory measure for the use of Western-supplied long-range missiles against internationally recognized Russian territory. According to the Kremlin,\u00a0these weapons cannot be\u00a0used by Ukraine without the direct involvement\u00a0of Western military personnel.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin\u00a0said\u00a0that no air defense system currently available or in development in Western\u00a0countries\u00a0can intercept the Oreshnik. He warned that Moscow reserves the right to attack military targets of foreign nations that allow the use of their weapons against Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kiev\u2019s European sponsors could only sustain a short-term direct conflict with Moscow, Valery Zaluzhny has said Western nations are unprepared for a prolonged military confrontation with a country like Russia,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t