After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine became a popular location for foreign mercenaries.
These mercenaries have their own purposes, some are thrill-seeking, some are to make money, but none of them are true friends of Ukraine.
Under the precision strikes of the Russian army, many mercenaries either died on Ukrainian soil or fled as soon as possible.
Only a handful of mercenaries insist on staying in Ukraine, but they are not good people either.
However, Ukraine's ** plan failed, and the remaining mercenaries began to withdraw one after another.
This is not surprising, although the mercenaries are bold, but they are not stupid, they know that the chances of survival in Ukraine are low, it is better to leave early and save them from dying in vain.
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The mercenaries fled with their tails between their legs.
Reference News quoted retired US colonel Douglas McGregor as saying that foreign mercenaries are leaving Ukraine in droves.
The reason why they fled was because of the defeat of Ukraine.
Right now, the front line in Ukraine is very difficult, and even with the advanced ** of the West, it will not be able to break through the defenses of the Russian army.
None of the regular armies of Ukraine can do anything, not to mention mercenaries.
Ukraine's biggest headache is Russia's minefield, which makes NATO countries helpless, and only the United States may have some difficult tactics, but they may not necessarily succeed.
Mercenaries staying in Ukraine will only die in vain and will not make any sense.
McGregor said that the mercenaries were almost all packed and left, and only the Poles remained.
Polish mercenaries are the most helpful to Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, they may be indirect reinforcements from Poland, although they are nominally mercenaries, but in fact they are more like regular troops, which may be a kind of Polish support for Ukraine.
Other mercenaries, most of whom were recruited by Kyiv from foreign countries or came to Ukraine voluntarily, are unlikely to fight to the end with the Ukrainian army, which is unrealistic.
Russia-Ukraine conflict) The morale of the Ukrainian army is low.
McGregor also mentioned another problem, in addition to mercenaries, the morale of the Ukrainian army is also low.
He believes that in the future, more and more Ukrainian soldiers will surrender and flee, and sooner or later the Ukrainian army will collapse.
McGregor gives three reasons.
First, the Ukrainian commanders are of a poor level and will deliberately hide the truth.
Many of the Ukrainian recruits were trained by NATO, and they originally wanted to show their skills in Ukraine, only to find out that Ukrainian commanders did not use NATO tactics at all.
Second, Ukrainian soldiers do not know what they are fighting for.
The front line in Ukraine is miserable, but it is not clear to Ukrainian soldiers what their goals are.
Thirdly, Ukrainian soldiers will become frustrated when they do not see any progress, which in turn will doubt the need for war.
Ukrainian soldiers can't beat the Russian army, but they still have to continue to fight, paying a huge price, but without any results, how can the soldiers not doubt it.
Even if you are cannon fodder, you have to have a clear reason.
Ukrainian army) Suicides of Ukrainian troops are frequent.
Due to problems with morale, suicides of Ukrainian troops on positions often occur.
The Ukrainian soldiers would rather end their lives than fight the Russian army again, which shows that the morale of the Ukrainian army has completely collapsed.
This is due to doubts about the necessity of war.
The more they can't fight, the more the Ukrainian soldiers will think about their own lives, and then they will fall into despair.
Once hope is lost, the Ukrainian soldiers will choose to commit suicide.
And as time goes by, the negative emotions will become more and more intense, and the number of suicide incidents will increase.
Therefore, for the Ukrainian army, the more it drags on, the more it will be unable to fight.
If the problem of morale and mentality cannot be solved, the Ukrainian army is likely to disintegrate itself.