“A year ago, the debate was still going on about tanks. Fighter jets were not even in the making,” stresses Andras Racz
From: Euromaiden Press BY ORYSIA HRUDKA
Russia’s army needs 10-15 years for reconstitution and is no longer capable of conducting large-scale attacks, deploying F-16s in Ukraine is stymied by the need to have pristine airfields, and Ukraine’s engineers have startled allies by successfully jury-rigging Western missiles like HARMs onto Soviet-era jets once deemed incompatible.
Nevertheless, full exploitation of advanced arms requires mastering complex skills from piloting to maintenance over a longer timeline. This, as well as the West paying the “price of democracy” for making complex decisions, are the main limiting factors of military support for Ukraine, says Andras Racz, defense and military expert, Senior Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations.
Russian capabilities
You argued that long-term defense cooperation between Ukraine and European countries is well-established for the long term. Do you believe this collaboration will endure even in the worst-case scenario of war development?
Absolutely, yes. The Russian army is no longer capable of conducting large-scale attacks. Whichever way the war goes, there is an independent Ukraine, and there will be an independent Ukraine with a large experienced army. And that is why all established defense industrial ties will prevail.
Voice of Ukraine 