Putin's strategy is leading to a constant war in Europe - the media
Putin, according to the Russian traditions of war, is preparing for a protracted military campaign. For centuries, Russia has waited for all its wars without sparing the power - millions rushed to the meat grinder for the sake of victory. In the Second World War, 25 million Soviet citizens were killed, and the current losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are about 100,000 people.
Given that the population of the Russian Federation is 143 million people, there is a lot of bloodshed ahead before Ukraine will win. Last week, the Russian Federation announced that radical changes would be made to strengthen the Armed Forces in the period 2023-2026, which indicates Moscow's intention to revise its approach to the war in Ukraine. Putin's new strategy is not so focused on conducting a "special military operation" as a large -scale exhaustion war.
Journalists believe that such changes, as well as the introduction of Sweden and Finland to NATO will lead to a constant threat to conflict in Europe. Russia's total border with Finland is 1 338 km. After the two Scandinavian countries have joined the Alliance, the NATO and the Russian Federation will double. At the end of December 2022, the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigh announced the expansion plan of the Russian army from 1 to 1. 5 million.
For this purpose, half a million conscripts will be added to the previously mobilized 315 thousand, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Recall that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation was warned that the United States was standing on the "most dangerous way" in the war with unforeseen consequences. According to the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Ryabkov, the United States headed the "psychological war" against Russia, which "only increases".