At the same time as the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from front-line areas such as Avdeyevka, Kiev is verifying the number of its troops. The Ukrainian side claims that its total number of troops is about one million, and that about 300,000 are currently at war with Russia on the front line, but that 700,000 are missing, and Kyiv has refused to disclose the exact location of these 700,000 people.
If Ukraine does have a million troops and 700,000 soldiers mysteriously missing, it could mean that Kyiv is secretly preparing a large-scale attack on Russia. Ukraine believes that the ** failure in the summer of 2023 was due to the leak of plans too early, giving Russia time to prepare. Moreover, Ukraine also suspects that its "Western allies" leaked the plan of action. At present, Kyiv is planning a new ** operation and asks the United States and NATO to continue to support the Ukrainian army, emphasizing that "victory" will depend on the assistance of "Western allies".
Ukraine intends to surprise Russia by surprise with a surprise action. Assuming that Ukraine does hide its 700,000 troops and is ready for full combat mobilization, with immediate assistance from "Western allies", Russia will face a complicated situation in 2024. According to data provided by Kyiv, in the two years of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Russian army has lost between 400 and 500,000 people. If Ukraine's well-equipped 700,000-strong army suddenly launches an attack at this time, Russia will be difficult to resist.
Still, Russia does not seem to be worried, and previously Moscow released war losses in Ukraine, which are about 4440,000 people. Russia believes that, given the heavy losses of Ukraine, it is unlikely that it will also have the so-called army of a million. Moreover, Russia has also deployed a large military force on the Ukrainian front, which should be sufficient if it is only used for defense.
Ukraine's non-disclosure of the location of 700,000 soldiers also raises questions for "Western allies". There is an opinion in the United States that Ukraine's mobilization system may be running into difficulties and cannot efficiently recruit soldiers, which is the real reason why Kyiv is reluctant to say where 700,000 people went. Since Syrsky began to take charge of the operation of the Ukrainian army, the situation of the Ukrainian army has remained unclear for more than a month.
Therefore, there is another possibility, that there is no so-called one million army in Ukraine, that the missing 700,000 people may never have existed, or that perhaps many have fled, surrendered or died on the battlefield. Kyiv claims that Ukrainian troops died 310,000 people, a number that even the United States is skeptical.