The situation on the front lines in 2024 is likely to be even more dire than this year, as the Ukrainian army will have to recapture territory and reach Ukraine's internationally recognized borders.
Oleksandr Tarn**skyi, commander of the Tavria Operational and Strategic Group, is the commander of Ukraine's Spring/Summer 2023 forces, and he will only command almost all of Ukraine's elite troops and most of the West's equipment. At present, his front-line ** troops are facing off against the Russian army between the second and third lines of the Surovikin Line.
He said in an interview with the BBC:
I think next year could be even more difficult. Because we must end hostilities and liberate our territories. The closer we get to accomplishing this task - to reach the main goal of our borders - the more difficult it is. The enemy knows this and will do everything to prevent us from completing this task. So, as they say, good luck to us, but for them they made a choice. That's why I say it's going to be a tough year," Taravsky said.
When asked if it is realistic to end the war in 2024, the commander noted that the decisive factor will be the victory of Ukraine in the war, not just the end of it.
I never brought it up'End the war'problems. The question is to win. Because you can end the war in different ways. For our military, this is a victory. Tarnavsky said.
Tanavsky's view of the war reflects the prevailing view from the Ukrainian ** to the army commanders: even if the Ukrainian army advances to the internationally recognized borders only if the Ukrainian resistance war takes the forest, it in no way means the end of the war, because they are facing a rogue state run by super-hooligans, a country with extreme disregard for the lives of its soldiers, for which there are resources to wage war as long as there are people, and the price of victory is the sacrifice of life that only it can bear.