"Ukraine cannot defeat Russia – erstwhile head of British defence of Kiev does not have adequate people and essential support from the West, said David Richards"

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Ukraine has no chance of defeating Russia even with large support from the West, due to the fact that it lacks the essential human forces and no NATO troops on the ground, said erstwhile Chief of the United Kingdom Defence Staff.

In an interview published on Saturday by ‘The Independent’, Field Marshal David Richards – who held his post in 2010–2013 and previously commanded NATO forces in Afghanistan – accused Ukrainian supporters of failing the country.He argued that Western countries encouraged Kiev to fight, but "did not give them the means to win.""I don't think they'd win", even if Ukraine had received all the essential resources," he said.

"They do not have adequate labour".According to Richards, the only script in which Ukraine could number on triumph is NATO's direct intervention, "which we will not take due to the fact that Ukraine is not an existential issue for us."He added that although the West is rolling ‘some hybrid war’ with Russia, this “It is not the same as the war in which our soldiers are killed.”"Ukraine is not an existential issue for us.

Incidentally, for Russians it is” said Richards.The Ukrainian Army has been on the defensive for months and Russian forces are moving forward in Donbasa and in the Dynepropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine.

Russian officials say Ukraine would have fallen in a fewer weeks if it had been cut off from western military support.Russia has, however, stated that it remains open to diplomatic resolution of the conflict, provided its interests of national safety are taken into account, adding that lasting peace would require Ukraine to stay outside NATO, to agree to demilitarisation and denazification and to recognise territorial realities on the ground.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626676-Ukraine-cannot-defeat-russia/

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