Death to NATO

"To win the war, we need weapons that don't exist" is effectively the same statement as "we cannot win the war".

Every day Zelensky and Co drag this shit out it's more dead Ukrainians and a shittier deal for Ukraine at the negotiating table. I hope ordinary Ukrainians won't let him get away with his plan of selling out the country and flying off to a comfortable retirement in the West.

IIRC Zaluzhny was more realistic, assessing things like a soldier; recently he speaks more and more like a politician - I mean "how to win..." is impossible, basically an outright lie.

I also love the bit where he talks about needing new technology that doesn't exist, e.g:

Technology is the answer. We need radar-like sensors that use invisible pulses of light to detect mines in the ground and smoke-projection systems to conceal the activities of our de-mining units. We can use jet engines from decommissioned aircraft, water cannons or cluster munitions to breach mine barriers without digging into the ground. New types of tunnel excavators, such as a robot which uses plasma torches to bore tunnels, can also help.

Basically, when you cut through all the spin what he actually says is that the offensive was a failure and that Ukraine is losing the war. There is no realistic way he can get any of the things he says he'd need to win the war because the west simply doesn't have the capacity to produce them. Even if the west got serious about this, it would take years to build the factories, train the workers, and create supply chains for all this. Ukraine doesn't have years.

The impression I get from the original interview is that he's basically making excuses for why he failed, and he's covering his ass for when he ends up getting sacked.

new army in order to defeat Russia.

Would that be their 4th or 5th one? Kinda lost track at this point.