700.000 troops are defending Ukraine
Фото: УП
Rubryka informs about it, referring to Zelensky's press conference with Ukrainian journalists.
"Today it is 700 thousand, you see the result of the work of 700 thousand people who are fighting. 700 thousand. This is at the time of the war," said the president.
According to the President, Ukraine does not need an army of 250,000 or 260,000 (and there were 120,000 combat troops there, Zelensky clarified), but a much larger one.
Zelensky stressed that that is why in early 2022 he signed a decree to increase the armed forces by 100 thousand next year.
At the same time, the president believes that even these plus 100,000 could not stop Russia's full-scale attack.
"From the point of view of the forces used by the Russian Federation, using absolutely everything, using even reserves, using such" silent mobilization. "Because mobilization is when there is a war, and they could not declare war on us, they called it a" special operation ".
They transferred troops, there was an increase in Crimea and Belarus – in different directions. This is an enormous volume. I don't think that any country in Europe would be able to cope with such a volume today, "Zelensky stressed.
Zelensky believes that Ukraine was well prepared for war.
