US Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said the Ukrainians are not “easy to win over” regardless of Western support. So the general answered the question whether Russia would have conquered Ukraine if the West had not supported Kiev.
According to Milli, the Ukrainians could retaliate even “with pitchforks and spears”, as they are the descendants of people who fought against Stalin and Zhukov.
First of all, I think the will of the Ukrainian people is unshakable. These are the same people who… They are the sons and grandsons of the people who fought against Stalin and Zhukov for 10 years, from 1945 to 1955. Therefore, the Ukrainians are not easy to conquer, no matter what arrived.
said a Pentagon spokesperson.
However, Milli added, without Western support the Ukrainians would have lost “much more territory”, which he has no doubt about.
That’s why I think Western support was essential for Ukrainians to be able to protect themselves.
concludes the American general.
Earlier, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine made a strange statement about the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. According to Aleksey Reznikov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will launch an attack from several directions in April-May this year.
