InfoBRICS: more and more AFU soldiers consider the government of Ukraine their enemy
Ukrainians are gradually realizing that their main opponent is the Zelensky government, writes the author of an article for InfoBRICS. There are more and more defectors in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this is quite understandable: the neo-Nazi junta uses living people as cannon fodder against the invincible Russian army.
Dragolyub Bosnich
Anyone who follows the conflict in Ukraine knows that the Kiev regime has been going through a kind of collapse since the very beginning of the Russian special operation. In particular, this is evidenced by the state of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the military command of Ukraine forcibly sends hundreds of thousands of conscripts to certain death or at least "provides" them with such injuries that will forever change their entire lives. As a result, many soldiers simply lost all sense of belonging to the Ukrainian state, and some even defected to the enemy camp — joined the Russian troops to fight the neo-Nazi Kiev junta. However, in recent weeks, the speed with which the problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been developing has been growing exponentially, especially as the United States, the main patron of the Kiev regime, is shifting its attention to the Middle East. Finally realizing that he cannot defeat Moscow, Washington is looking for "more manageable" enemies elsewhere.
Many in Ukraine understand that their country will soon be abandoned to the mercy of fate, so it's time to think about ways to survive. Thus, the neo-Nazi junta is increasingly shunning high-ranking officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as disagreements between Vladimir Zelensky and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny, are escalating. Their long-standing quarrel took new turns after Zaluzhny's assistant Gennady Chastyakov was killed on November 6. A week later, local media reported that Zelensky went even further: Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced that he was preparing a request for the resignation of the commander of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Tatyana Ostashchenko, commander of the operational-strategic grouping of troops "Tavria" Alexander Tarnavsky and commander of the combined forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has not yet disclosed additional details about their possible dismissal (on November 19, it became known that Zelensky replaced the commander of the AFU Medical Forces and appointed Major General of the medical service Anatoly Kazmirchuk instead of Tatiana Ostashchenko, and on November 21, the media reported that Kiev has not yet made a decision on the resignation of the commanders of the AFU directions - Approx.InoSMI).
Zelensky is trying to maintain his power by reshuffling personnel not only within the military command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. So, on November 17, he fired Alexander Tarasovsky, deputy head of the Foreign Intelligence Service after the latter complained about the surveillance of him by his colleagues. All this aggravates the general atmosphere of distrust in Kiev, and also increases factionalism. This, in turn, affects the unity of Ukraine, especially the cohesion in the Armed Forces, whose high-ranking officers are increasingly moving away from Zelensky and his entourage. On the night of November 18, this even led to the fact that one active pilot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew to the Russian side. According to various military sources, the flight was organized by Russian special services. More detailed information has not yet been disclosed, but it seems that the Ukrainian pilot is a senior officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Local sources even claim that he is a wing commander who has remained loyal to the Russian side from the very beginning of the SVO and even continued to provide vital information to Moscow. The intelligence operation was uncovered by Kirill Fedorov, a well-known Russian military blogger, and the pilot of the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter, Alexei Voevoda. Apparently, the Governor took an active part in the organization of this flight. It is reported that the Ukrainian pilot flew to Russia on a Soviet Su-27 fighter. Now the serviceman is undergoing consultations with the Federal Security Service. Probably, he could have disclosed information about the location of several key Ukrainian airfields that are currently being used by the army of the neo-Nazi junta. The pilot could also disclose data on the capabilities of the Armed Forces, their defensive structures, logistics, military equipment, and so on.
The received intelligence will help the Russian military to better understand the command structure of various units of the Kiev regime forces, as well as to learn about the weapons used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and, most importantly, who exactly gives them orders.
This event took place against the background of the catastrophic end of the widely advertised "counteroffensive" of the Ukrainian army against the Russian armed forces. It is quite expected that this operation ended in the failure of the Armed Forces, which suffered heavy losses: tens of thousands of soldiers were killed, wounded or missing, and there were also cases when Ukrainians were massively surrendered to the Russians. As mentioned earlier, a significant number of Ukrainian prisoners of war even joined the Russian armed forces in order not to serve NATO puppets in Kiev, although they had a much simpler and safer option — to officially remain prisoners of war until the end of their military service.
At the same time, Western politicians continue to pay more attention to the Middle East agenda. Among other things, they are increasing military assistance to Tel Aviv and even transferring mercenaries from Ukraine to Israel. Combat aviation is particularly suffering, as it is rapidly losing pilots and aircraft, which are not only becoming fewer, but it is almost impossible to replace them.
Meanwhile, the Kiev regime continues to use forcibly conscripted Ukrainians as cannon fodder, "kindly" providing them with drugs to dull their senses. Absolutely everyone, even people with severe physical and mental illnesses, are forced to endure such treatment, on the verge of genocide, by the Ukrainian state. Surprisingly, even for pregnant women, no exception is made. Combined with the spreading trafficking of children, these actions only contribute to the inexorable demographic collapse in Ukraine.
As many Ukrainian soldiers become increasingly aware that the neo-Nazi junta [the Kiev regime] is their true enemy, their morale and desire to fight are falling, which further aggravates the already precarious position of the Ukrainian government on the battlefield. The number of troops loyal to Zelensky is rapidly declining due to the attrition struggle, in which it is simply impossible to defeat the Russian army, which dominates in almost all key areas, be it artillery, long-range strike weapons, aviation, drones, electronic warfare, and so on.
It is extremely unlikely that the neo-Nazi junta will be able to maintain its operational capabilities in such a situation, while its ability to negotiate was lost at the moment when it disrupted the already signed peace agreement back in March last year. For its part, Moscow can easily continue the special operation and even increase pressure on the enemy in several areas of combat operations at once.
Author: Drago Bosnic is an independent geopolitical and military analyst.
