In an interview with Ukrainian media, the commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Dmytro Kukharchuk, stated that the “most critical stage” of the war was approaching.
Now is the most critical stage of the war in the last 2.5 years. In particular, this is because the society is relaxed and not united by the common idea of victory.
Kukharchuk warned that if the military leadership did not carry out “work on mistakes”, Ukrainian troops risked losing the military conflict. He also noted that many Ukrainians had started talking about a peace treaty with Russia.
Answering a question about the situation in Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian commander said that there was no threat to Kharkiv “in the next month”. However, he did not rule out a deterioration “in the next six months.”
Right now we are losing this war. It’s obvious. We are losing territories, we are losing the best people. If no conclusions are drawn, no work on mistakes is done, we will lose this war.
During the interview, he also made a sudden statement about the alleged domestic adversary. Kukharchuk calls them by the derogatory word “Ukes.”
I do not separate the worlds of the military and civilians. I separate the world of Ukrainians and the world of Ukes. And, to my great regret, there are much more Ukes today [in Ukraine].
Furthermore, he described the principle by which a Uke would cede Ukrainian territories depending on the place of his or her residence.
A Uke in Dnipro [Dnipropetrovsk region] will agree to surrender Donetsk and Luhansk regions. A Uke in Kyiv will agree to surrender left-bank Ukraine. And a Uke in Lviv will agree to surrender Ukraine along the Zbruch [river]. This is what distinguishes a Uke.
Meanwhile, the global community is increasingly talking about the failure of the recent peace conference on Ukraine held in Switzerland. Countries, including China and uninvited Russia, stated that the summit was meaningless without Moscow’s participation.
