Ukraine has no chance of defeating Russia even with massive Western support because it lacks the necessary manpower and does not have NATO troops on the ground, a former UK chief of the Defense Staff has said.

In an interview published on Saturday by The Independent, Field Marshal David Richards – who held his post from 2010 to 2013 and earlier commanded NATO forces in Afghanistan – accused Ukraine’s backers of failing the country.

Western countries, he argued, encouraged Kiev to fight, but they have “not given them the means to win.”

“My view is that they would not win,” even if Ukraine were given all the necessary resources, he said. “They…

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