Possible full-scale war Ukrainian with Russia

[Barrymore]

The Ukrainian authorities consider a possible full-scale war with Russia as a result of aggression of the country. About it at operative meeting of managing staff of the SCU said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. Do you think it possible such a scenario?

[bryant.coleman]

Is Ukraine even capable of starting a full scale war against Russia? I mean no offense, but Russia is having the world's second most powerful armed forces, and the state of the Ukrainian armed forces is woeful. If a confrontation happens for real, then I am afraid that everything will be over in a day or so. In the morning the battle of Kiev will be fought, and in the evening it will be the battle of Lvov. War over!

[Casanova18]

Is Ukraine even capable of starting a full scale war against Russia? I mean no offense, but Russia is having the world's second most powerful armed forces, and the state of the Ukrainian armed forces is woeful. If a confrontation happens for real, then I am afraid that everything will be over in a day or so. In the morning the battle of Kiev will be fought, and in the evening it will be the battle of Lvov. War over!

And I'm not so sure. Russia has a large army, but weapons are quite outdated and it's one thing to drop bombs on the territory, and another thing to introduce soldiers to control the territory. Russian with great difficulty could stop the war in Chechnya, and Ukraine much more difficult opponent.

[bryant.coleman]

Is Ukraine even capable of starting a full scale war against Russia? I mean no offense, but Russia is having the world's second most powerful armed forces, and the state of the Ukrainian armed forces is woeful. If a confrontation happens for real, then I am afraid that everything will be over in a day or so. In the morning the battle of Kiev will be fought, and in the evening it will be the battle of Lvov. War over!

And I'm not so sure. Russia has a large army, but weapons are quite outdated and it's one thing to drop bombs on the territory, and another thing to introduce soldiers to control the territory. Russian with great difficulty could stop the war in Chechnya, and Ukraine much more difficult opponent.

You are still stuck in the 1990s. During the last decade the Russian armed forces have been completely refurbished and rebuilt. The military technology is now among the topmost in the world. Now they are having the best anti-air system (S-400), the best battle tank (T-14 Armata), the best ballistic missile (SS-18 Satan).etc. What happened in Chechenya during the 1990s is not going to repeat.

[mindrust]

Ukraine has no power at all. Their economy is collapsed and every dude/dudetta with a bit of brain just leaves the country. Ukraine will do as they are told. It feels like W/E Germany all over again. West Ukraine will join to EU and East Ukraine will join to Russia. Then what next?

A WALL of course!

You cant divide a country without a proper wall. Wall is very important. Ask the US president if you don't believe me.

[denzelc]

Ukraine seems to be in a poor state right now? Their economy isn't doing well, so not sure if they can sustain a full-scale war with anybody really..

[Sithara007]

You would also need to do quite a bit of 'ethnic paper cleansing', expel all Ukrainians with ties to Russia.

That would mean expelling close to 90% of the total population. Perhaps it is easier to expel the remaining 10%? Most of the ethnic minorities in Ukraine (Ruthenians, Moldovans, Hungarians, Roma, Gagauz.etc) also have strong ties to Russia.

[bryant.coleman]

You would also need to do quite a bit of 'ethnic paper cleansing', expel all Ukrainians with ties to Russia.

That would mean expelling close to 90% of the total population. Perhaps it is easier to expel the remaining 10%? Most of the ethnic minorities in Ukraine (Ruthenians, Moldovans, Hungarians, Roma, Gagauz.etc) also have strong ties to Russia.

If they go to war with Russia, ethnic Russians will be the enemy.  So I would expel Russians before going to war with Russia.  You don't want enemy sympathizers on your territory during the war.

Anyway, this will never happen.  Russia will never allow for this.  So sleep tight.

The situation in Ukraine is very complicated. Most of the rebels are ethnic Ukrainians, who speak Russian. There are also other rebels, from the ethnic Russian and Greek communities, but they are a minority. The conflict in Ukraine is essentially between the Russian-speaking Eastern Ukrainians and the Galician-speaking Western Ukrainians.

[af_newbie]

You would also need to do quite a bit of 'ethnic paper cleansing', expel all Ukrainians with ties to Russia.

That would mean expelling close to 90% of the total population. Perhaps it is easier to expel the remaining 10%? Most of the ethnic minorities in Ukraine (Ruthenians, Moldovans, Hungarians, Roma, Gagauz.etc) also have strong ties to Russia.

If they go to war with Russia, ethnic Russians will be the enemy.  So I would expel Russians before going to war with Russia.  You don't want enemy sympathizers on your territory during the war.

Anyway, this will never happen.  Russia will never allow for this.  So sleep tight.

The situation in Ukraine is very complicated. Most of the rebels are ethnic Ukrainians, who speak Russian. There are also other rebels, from the ethnic Russian and Greek communities, but they are a minority. The conflict in Ukraine is essentially between the Russian-speaking Eastern Ukrainians and the Galician-speaking Western Ukrainians.

I agree it is complicated.  The two nations have a long history of living together.  Some people are born to 'Ukrainian' parents, but later in life speak Russian only.  Some other people are born to 'Russian' parents, but later in life speak Ukrainian only.  There also others who speak 'surjik', a mixture of both.  This went on for generations.

How can you identify who is Russian and who is Ukrainian?  On top of that you have the politics of the region...

A complete disaster.

[eule]

Everyone should have noticed the warmongering against Russia in Europe, pretty sure NATO will be pulled into this...

Have there been regular russian soldiers in the Ukraine lately?

[Mometaskers]

I see this like my country's situation with China. The Ukrainians are probably going to lose this and get occupied if they don't get help. Of course the question is how long they'll be able to hold of the invasion on their own and if anyone would come in to help them. Whether the Russians would be able to control the territory is a different matter. The Ukrainians could give them a lot of problem using guerrilla warfare. Probably that's what the Ukrainian would have to do from the very start considering the cards are stacked against them.

[Sithara007]

Everyone should have noticed the warmongering against Russia in Europe, pretty sure NATO will be pulled into this...

Have there been regular russian soldiers in the Ukraine lately?

Russophobia is a very profitable business, especially for the private defense corporations such as Boeing, and Raytheon. These corporations are witnessing an uptick in the revenue, the politicians are getting their share of the bribes. In the end, everyone is happy.