by Guest » Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:44 am
I read an interview with a retired SBU general from the Ukraine. He said that the Ukrainian army is as divided as the nation, and that it was uncertain what would happen if the ramshackle Ukrainian army was given the order to attack the population.
Well, I think the Russians will follow the old tried and true method of using paramilitary groups made up of ethnic Russians from the Ukraine (and Russia), Cossack units (which will be sent by the Russian government), and "volunteer" units that are nothing more than regular Russian army units to attack the Ukrainian population. The Serbs did it in the Yugoslav wars, and the Russians did it in the Kavkaz (often backing local ethnic puppet warlords with very small numbers of native troops and a vast number of Russian soldiers). These units will not hesitate to inflict mass murder, mass rape, and mass torture on the population.
The EU response will be interesting. Most likely, the EU will do nothing. Just like in Croatia and Bosnia.
I hope, for the Ukrainians' sake, that they have weapons stashed away to defend themselves (unlike the virtually defenseless Bosnian Muslims). NO ONE will come and save the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians had better fight hard.
The Russians are not very good soldiers. They really are not. But they have just spent the last 20 years outnumbering and outgunning there lightly armed and out numbered opponents. The Ukraine could be different. It depends how many tanks and heavy weapons the nationalists can get their hands on.
The Serbs are very poor soldiers. Croatia and Bosnia showed what happened to the Serbs whenever they faced even relatively well-armed Bosnians and Croats towards the end of the war: the Serbs were defeated. I think it will be the same for the Russians
I wouldn't be surprised if Serb paramilitaries showed up in the Ukraine fighting on the Russian side; I really wouldn't be.
I read an interview with a retired SBU general from the Ukraine. He said that the Ukrainian army is as divided as the nation, and that it was uncertain what would happen if the ramshackle Ukrainian army was given the order to attack the population.
Well, I think the Russians will follow the old tried and true method of using paramilitary groups made up of ethnic Russians from the Ukraine (and Russia), Cossack units (which will be sent by the Russian government), and "volunteer" units that are nothing more than regular Russian army units to attack the Ukrainian population. The Serbs did it in the Yugoslav wars, and the Russians did it in the Kavkaz (often backing local ethnic puppet warlords with very small numbers of native troops and a vast number of Russian soldiers). These units will not hesitate to inflict mass murder, mass rape, and mass torture on the population.
The EU response will be interesting. Most likely, the EU will do nothing. Just like in Croatia and Bosnia.
I hope, for the Ukrainians' sake, that they have weapons stashed away to defend themselves (unlike the virtually defenseless Bosnian Muslims). NO ONE will come and save the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians had better fight hard.
The Russians are not very good soldiers. They really are not. But they have just spent the last 20 years outnumbering and outgunning there lightly armed and out numbered opponents. The Ukraine could be different. It depends how many tanks and heavy weapons the nationalists can get their hands on.
The Serbs are very poor soldiers. Croatia and Bosnia showed what happened to the Serbs whenever they faced even relatively well-armed Bosnians and Croats towards the end of the war: the Serbs were defeated. I think it will be the same for the Russians
I wouldn't be surprised if Serb paramilitaries showed up in the Ukraine fighting on the Russian side; I really wouldn't be.