Only in that it's probably more. Don't forget Russia needs many men behind the frontline to keep everyone in order.
If there's 617k in Ukraine and x hundred thousand dead or maimed, it's nearer 1+m.
Could be, they have a very large border to guard besides the frontline.
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I think it depends what that means. As I understand it, current proposals would be military personnel in supporting roles well behind the front line. I'm pretty sure plans are also on the way to do an end run around Trump for weapon supplies anyway.
I think that if the Democrats can take the House and not lose the Senate, then even if Trump wins there won't be much he can do. I think if the Republicans somehow retain the House with a Trump presidency then getting more support will be tough. Europe will basically be on it's own and I don't know if merely training/support units will cut it.
I mean in practice this is already happening right? The West are supplying kits and providing technical assistance with developing a lot of the long range drones coming out of Ukraine. Ukraine is also getting a lot of intelligence from the West. Look at how effective Ukrainian targeting of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been. There is basically continuous NATO ISR over the Black Sea feeding information to the Ukrainians. There have also been lots of recent strikes on Russian airbases and supply depots within Russia. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the "advisors" we know are in Ukraine are directly leading these ops.
They can't win against NATO but how about a Ukraine that has a pro-Moscow US admin?
If French troops were sent I think their role would be to secure Transnistria and Belarus border freeing up 20k-30K Ukraine troops.
I figure that deployed French troops would just be a tripwire force stationed along France's red-line regions which is why I mentioned Kyiv and Odessa. If they are at the border I don't think that would stop Russia in the long term provided the scenario of a Trump/Republican America.
I doubt Russia has enough troops to open a new front, even if they wanted to. All those open fronts killed them in the early phase of the war. The fronts open now are all they have the capacity for.
Yeah, it'd be the golden opportunity to demonstrate why France had been right all along.
The plan would be, at first, limited to various non-combat operations behind the frontline, like demining, training new troops, watching the borders with Transnistria and Belarus, this kind of things. If Russia tries to attack (with long range missiles), then things would escalate from there.
Russia's relays in the far left (Melenchon) and far right (Le Pen) have tried various scaremongering tactics to make this move unpopular. But they haven't managed to convince the majority of the population.
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For Ukraine it will be ... actually a really messed up position.
When they seize Hamas's weapons, they'll be going to Ukraine as well.
