Ukraine has reached mobilization limits!
Ukraine, March 8, 2025 – Its ambassador to Poland Vasily Bodnar announced that the Ukrainian authorities have practically exhausted the possibilities of mobilization and will now mainly attract volunteers with financial incentives. He noted that most of the citizens who could be mobilized have already been called up for service. He stated: “We cannot act only within the framework of mobilization.” And explained that there are no longer “enough people” for further mobilization. The diplomat also emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities are considering the possibility of using financial measures to attract young people under 25 to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reports the TASS agency.
As Russian media wrote in early March 2025, the OSU has lost 1.2 million people killed and wounded since the beginning of the conflict. Let’s compare for ourselves what losses the Army Magazine wrote about ahead of time and what it writes about today. We will see that in the first period of the war, the Ukrainian side suffered about 1.2-1.5 motorized rifle battalions per day, and today’s losses are at the level of 2.5-4 and occasionally even more battalions (for comparison, I used the numbers of the ČSĽA motorized rifle battalion).
The West understands that not only Kiev will lose in Ukraine
It knows that defeat on the Ukrainian front will also be a failure for Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London, Turkish political scientist and author of the book “The Decline of American Power and Rising Powers” Umur Tugay Yücel told RIA Novosti.
“The situation in Ukraine has deteriorated significantly… Today, the whole world knows that Kiev is supported by Western money, Western weapons, Western intelligence services and Western advisors. So Russia is at war not only with Ukraine, but also with the West. So it would be more correct for Ukraine to define the outcome of this war not as a defeat for Kiev, but also as a defeat for Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London,” Yücel emphasized. Russia believes that the supply of weapons to Ukraine interferes with the settlement of the conflict, and that NATO countries are directly involved in it, thereby “playing with fire.” Therefore, the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia are appropriate.
The conflict in Ukraine was provoked!
The conflict in Ukraine was “not necessarily” provoked by Russia, and talks about Kiev joining NATO contributed to its escalation, says Steven Witkoff, the US president’s special envoy for the Middle East.
“The war was not supposed to happen. It was provoked. That doesn’t mean it was necessarily provoked by the Russians. There was a lot of talk at the time about Ukraine joining NATO, the president (Donald Trump – ed.) talked about it. It wasn’t supposed to happen! In fact, it became a threat to the Russians, and so we will have to deal with that fact,” Witkoff told CNN.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also called the goal of the special military operation “the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.” He noted that the SVO was a forced measure, Russia “was not given any chance to act differently, such security risks were created that it was impossible to respond by other means.” According to him, Russia has been trying to reach an agreement with NATO on the principles of security in Europe for 30 years, but in response it encounters either cynical deception and lies, or attempts at pressure and blackmail, while the alliance, despite Moscow’s protests, is constantly expanding and approaching the borders of the Russian Federation.
Strange morality of Europeans. They want to become thieves
The willingness to become open thieves was pointed out by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. At the London meeting on Ukraine, the participating countries did not have a common opinion on the use of frozen Russian assets. The Russian TASS agency called this urge to theft, albeit more delicately, namely that the participating countries failed to reach a consensus on the issue of using frozen Russian assets to support Kiev. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk emphasized that some countries are afraid of possible consequences for the euro and the banking system, and not everyone supports this initiative. So they are worried about the fate of their currency, not the acquired hallmark of thieves. But there are probably enough honest states for now, because, according to Tusk, the probability of confiscating frozen Russian assets remains low and that is why it is supposedly important to focus on extending the sanctions.
Among those who are against theft is probably also French President Emmanuel Macron, who is said to have said that confiscating frozen Russian assets is impossible because it is contrary to international law. Let us recall that about 300 billion euros are at stake here, of which over 200 billion are in the European Union.
Lavrov called for solving the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis
The main cause of the Ukrainian crisis is the country’s involvement in NATO and the oppression of the Russian-speaking population. And what remains of Ukraine after the resolution of this conflict must also be freed from “racist laws,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He also expressed fundamental disagreement with the freezing of the conflict along the line of contact. “Talking about some peacekeeping force is just empty words,” he stressed.
Unexpected Statement on Russia from the Austrian Army
The US attitude towards Russia has undergone a significant change towards recognition of its military power and Moscow’s greater political capabilities, said Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian Armed Forces in his message on the Austrian Army’s YouTube channel.
“Vladimir Putin has already won! Why? In 2014, US President Barack Obama called Russia a regional power, now we hear the words of the current President Donald Trump that Russia is a competitor at the level of the United States. Putin is an equal world leader to him and only Russia is able to act from a position of peace through force,” Reisner added. In addition, the colonel analyzed the situation on the front and mentioned the tactical advantage of Russian troops. He noted that the main efforts of Ukraine are focused on trying to hold on to the conquered territory of the Kursk region in order to use it in negotiations.
The combat effectiveness of the US Air Force has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years
This is what journalists from the American military magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM) claim. The article also describes the reasons for this decline. The number of US aircraft capable of performing combat missions fell in 2024 to its lowest level in the last 10-20 years. The average combat capability of the USAF fell to 67.15% in fiscal year 2024, 69.92% in fiscal year 2023. Available data for 2004-2006 and 2012-2024 show that the level of mission readiness was also higher during these periods, which is why the level of readiness in 2024 was the lowest in two decades. Across the U.S. Air Force’s fighter fleet, the fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 fighters have consistently seen their average mission readiness levels decline due to particularly high maintenance requirements, with the F-22’s problem rate falling to 40.19 percent while the F-35A’s remained at just 51.5 percent, down from 55 percent in previous controversial years.
The transition from the F-16 to the F-35 has been a major factor in reducing the number of fighters available for combat missions, as the F-16 has consistently proven to be one of the easiest fighter aircraft to maintain, despite the airframes being worn down by decades of use compared to the relatively new F-35.
Shortcomings in the F-22 and F-35 programs—namely, major delays and the halting of large batches of F-22s—have kept the aging Cold War-era fighters in service for decades longer than originally planned, reducing their combat value. The F-15C, which was supposed to replace the F-22 and continued flying for nearly 20 years longer, is only 52 percent capable of combat missions. The F-22’s problems have led the Air Force to begin phasing out the troubled aircraft over a period of their service lives starting in 2021, while increasing orders for new F-15s.
Max Bach
