German commander: West’s anti-Russian sanctions failed
| One of the senior commanders of the German army admitted that the severe sanctions imposed by the West against Russia failed in their goal of bringing the Russian army to its knees. |
According to the report of Fars International News Agency, “Christian Freuding”, the head of the Center for the situation of Ukraine in the German Army and the senior assistant of “Boris Pistorius”, the Minister of Defense of Germany, admitted in an interview, that the West has the stability of the Russian army and its ability The country’s defense department underestimated to adapt to severe sanctions.
This high-ranking commander of the Ukrainian army said in an interview with the German publication “Suddeutsche Zeitung”: “In the beginning that We imposed the sanctions, we had no idea of the ability of the Russians to endure as we understand them today.”
Freuding pointed out: “We also did not think that they would, despite the severe sanctions regime that they imposed. They succeeded in the processes that we are now clearly observing: processes that include strengthening their military-industrial complex, expanding it and increasing its production capacity.”
Russia still has the ability to recruit military personnel. And of course we see huge investments in their armaments industry; Investments that will lead to the expansion and increase of the capacity of this sector, especially in the field of ammunition production”
Freuding said: “Looking back, we see that the hopes that Kiev and its allies have for a summer counterattack are deadlocked. They were certainly exaggerated. We can see similar exaggerations in Washington and other capitals of NATO members in order to justify the 200 billion dollars in arms aid and other aid they sent to Kiev.”
The German general also claimed. , the reason for the catastrophic failure of Ukraine’s summer counter-attack was the lack of air support and anti-aircraft systems, and Russian attacks have severely pressured Ukraine’s anti-aircraft systems.
He continued: “In addition, Ukraine At the same time, he attacked the Russian positions, which were heavily prepared and had been mined and fortified in a way that was probably never seen before. This cost Ukraine time, and Ukrainian soldiers suffered high casualties because they were forced to clear mines manually in the dark of night.” He said that it is necessary to continue supporting the operations of the Ukrainian army against Russia.
He added that the German army learned lessons from the war in Ukraine, which include realizing the importance of drone warfare in modern conflicts. “We have now created a drone task force,” he said. This action will enable us to quickly introduce various types of UAVs and UAV defense systems to our forces so that we can start gaining training and experience.”
Germany is one of the countries that NATO’s proxy war against Russia has invested heavily in Ukraine and allocated more than 23 billion dollars in military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which is not including Berlin’s commitments to Kiev within the framework of European institutions. According to the data of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, this amount of German aid to Ukraine is more than the aid of any other country except the United States.
This approach of the German government, despite the economic costs The country has suffered periods of stagnation and the loss of hundreds of large industrial companies that left Germany.
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