Ukrainian servicemen ride on a tank near Artemivsk.
The general said that the army isn't strong enough to fight a Russian invasion.
The New York Times quoted Gen. Budanov as saying that Ukraine needs more resources.
There are tens of thousands of troops at various locations along the Ukrainian border.
The New York Times reported on Thursday that a top Ukrainian general warned that the country's armed forces were not strong enough to fight back against a Russian invasion.
The report said that the military leadership of the country said that they would need more resources to defend the country from a Russia invasion.
The head of the military intelligence service in Ukraine told the Times that the country needs to be objective. If a full-scale attack by Russia begins without the support of additional forces, there is not enough military resources to repel it.
He said that they will hold up as long as there are bullets. "They'll be able to use what they have in their hands, but believe me, there's not an army in the world that can hold out."
Budanov told the Times that the Ukrainian military could be overwhelmed by Russian attacks and that it could incapacitate key elements of the military. Insider was told that it's hard to see how Ukraine could repel a full-scale attack because of the Russian military's superior combined arms capabilities.
As Russia gathers troops and equipment in locations not far from the Ukrainian border, the US and some of its allies have been raising concerns about the possibility of a Russian invasion.
According to multiple reports, Biden administration officials revealed late last week that US intelligence indicates Russia could invade early next year with a force as large as 175,000 troops.
One official said that the Russian plans call for a military offensive against Ukraine as early as early 2022, with a scale of forces twice what we saw this past spring.
The plans involve extensive movement of 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel, along with armor, artillery, and equipment, and the US estimates half of these units are already near Ukraine's border," the official said.
While the US is concerned, President Joe Biden said Wednesday that there is no plan to put troops on the ground in Ukraine to deter a Russian invasion.
His administration has threatened Russia with severe consequences, including economic and financial punishments, and offered to provide additional defensive capabilities to Ukraine.
It's not clear if that additional support would be enough to bolster the combat capability of the Ukrainian military, or if it would be enough to repel a full-scale invasion by the Russian military. Insider has previously been told that it is unlikely that Ukraine could win.
The Russian military has superiority over the Ukrainian military, according to a former CIA military analyst and Russia expert.
"I don't see the Ukrainians winning this if we're talking about a full-on, you know, coming across the border, not sneaking units across the border or using indigenous forces and things like that," he said. "We're talking about armies with missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles, missiles,
"I think there would be some costs," he said. If you're a betting man, you would probably put your money on the Russians.
Robert Lee, a US Marine Corps veteran and Russian military expert, told the Times that if Russia really wants to unleash its conventional capabilities, they could wreak massive damage in a very short period of time. He said it could be over in the first 40 minutes.
A senior Ukrainian general commanding forces fighting the rebels said in a recent interview that if the West did not come to its aid, it would turn to the Ukrainian people, many of which have military experience, and start a partisan war. If all else failed, the Ukrainians could open the weapons depots to the people to defend themselves, according to a senior official.
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