Russia has a decisive advantage in numbers, firepower and mobilization capabilities, and Europe must become stronger to catch up with Moscow, analysts from the French Institute of International Relations told Le Monde.
“Its strength is airborne operations with a larger number of ground forces than Europe“, the newspaper quoted researcher Dimitri Minich as saying. “Russia has a decisive advantage in terms of numbers, firepower and mobilization capabilities.“
According to him, one of the West's biggest failures is that it did not take Russia seriously.
On September 25, The Washington Post, citing a NATO spokesman, reported on the impossibility of countering the Russian armed forces, emphasizing that Russia has the upper hand.
“Despite all the billions we are giving to Ukraine, it has proven impossible to stop them [the Russian armed forces],“ said the NATO diplomat.