In 2023, the world's attention will remain on Ukraine. The Eastern European country, since the Crimean crisis in 2014, has been an arena for great power rivalry. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated into a full-scale war in 2022. On the battlefield, there is not only the life-and-death struggle of the soldiers, but also the wisdom and courage of the generals.
Body. 1. Putin's "military achievements".
In 2023, Putin gave a speech at the Enlarged Committee of the Ministry of Defense, summarizing the "military achievements" of 2023. He praised the Russian army for "bravely and professionally solving problems and ensuring national sovereignty" at the global level in the war against Ukraine. He also declared that "our army has the initiative and does whatever it wants." In Putin's opinion, the Ukrainian army is suffering heavy losses and wasting reserves, and the myth of the invulnerability of Western military equipment has been shattered.
However, shortly after Putin's announcement of his impressive record, bad news came from the front line - another general had been attacked.
2. The fall of the general.
On December 20, Ukraine's ukr** reported that the commander of the 6th Army of Russia's Western Military District, General Alexander Peryazev, was wounded near Limanpersh, Kupyan, Kharkiv region.
General Peryazev has extensive experience, having served as Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Combat Training of the Russian Armed Forces. In April 2019, against the backdrop of the sudden escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran, Rear Admiral Alexander Peryazev, then Deputy Director General of the Combat Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, and Rear Admiral Vladimir Zemskov, Deputy Chief of Adviser of the Russian Navy, arrived in Iran to discuss and prepare for the "Depth-2019" International Diving All-Around Competition.
According to preliminary information disclosed by Ukraine, Periazev was wounded near Limanpersh and was alive and conscious at the time of the evacuation.
Ukraine** did not specify why General Peryazev was wounded. However, just the other day, Ukrainian partisans blew up a car carrying Russian officers. The attack closely coincided with the location and the wounded General Peryazev.
3. The cost of war.
Russia has been fighting Ukraine for almost two years, during which many senior generals of the Russian army have been killed and wounded. On the evening of November 30, the Greek Pentapostagma** reported that General Vladimir Zavatsky, a 45-year-old senior Russian officer and deputy commander of the 14th Army, was killed by landmines in Kherson**. The governor of the Ovoronetzh region, Alexander Gusev, confirmed the information in his social **.
On December 13, the latest intelligence submitted by the CIA to the US Congress showed that there were 3150,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in Ukraine, and 2,200 tanks were damaged. The CIA report believes that such significant losses led to a 18-year setback in the process of modernizing the Russian army.
Fourth, the shadow of war.
At the moment, Russian officials have not responded to the partisan attack on General Peryazev. However, on December 20, Putin made a speech on the occasion of the Day of Workers of the Organs of the Russian Federation, which specifically emphasized the need to strengthen security protection on the Russian borders, especially in the areas near the line of combat contact.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Ukraine deliberately created and spread fake news with the intention of demagogizing and shaking the morale of the Russian military.
Epilogue. Wars, whether won or lost, are the embodiment of human tragedy. Every conflict means the loss of a life, the breakdown of a family, and the loss of a country. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has not only devastated the people of the two countries, but also brought about profound changes in the world pattern. On this battlefield, the fall of every general is the embodiment of the cost of war and the epitome of human tragedy. We look forward to peace, and hope that the haze of war will dissipate at an early date and that the world will return to the track of peace and development.