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[–] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

His replacement Mykhailo Drapatyii is pro Fedorov, so maybe there is still hope Ukraine can get Fedorov back.

"Decisions on which people's lives depend are not made with slogans," he said. "Real work, not the public drama surrounding it, wins the war," Syrskyi wrote.

Wild statement to make by Syrskyi IMO, considering the personnel losses are the lowest for Ukraine and the ratio of Russian losses the highest in the war after Fedorov became Minister of defense.

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Mykhailo Drapatyii is pro Fedorov.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    On Monday, Syrskyi wrote an op-ed for the Militarny website, saying of his relationship with Fedorov: "I perceived our relationship as a working one... If I offended anyone, Mykhailo Albertovych [Fedorov], I'm sorry."

    He said the issues of military contracts, procurement and mobilisation were a great deal more complicated than most people realised.

    We're seeing that Ukrainians are resisting conscription, so if Ukraine is to persist, it needs to prioritize manpower, both in the acquisition of more manpower and the prevention of losses. I'm just concerned that civilians, especially we civilians who live nowhere near the war, are overly enamored with the idea that drone strikes are winning the war when in reality Ukraine can't afford a war of attrition.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    Ukraine already has conscription, so that doesn't make much sense.
    Also "the war of attrition" is used to keep losses low, so what do you mean Ukraine can't afford it?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    Ukraine already has conscription, so that doesn’t make much sense.

    I didn't say the country doesn't have it; I said the people are resisting it.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr7k5ngde3vo

    Also “the war of attrition” is used to keep losses low, so what do you mean Ukraine can’t afford it?

    I mean that with the difference in population size, Russia can better afford to lose many than Ukraine can afford to lose even a few. So regardless of how many headlines we get telling us how well drones are doing, if Ukraine loses any soldiers at all then it needs to be able to recruit more.

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