Former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges believes that Russia will not have time to gather forces for a new large-scale offensive in February.

“I doubt that Russia can muster a force of this size in this time, at least not of very high quality.. Last partial mobilization failed,” Hodges tweeted..

According to the general, the exaggeration of the potential of new Russian offensive operations plays into the hands of those who are looking for reasons to abandon further support for Ukraine..

Hodges' tweet was a response to a user who cited theses from an interview with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny to the British edition of The Economist.

And while Russia can use this size of force in this period, on a small amount. Exaggeration of potential for new Russian offensives give fuel to those whe are looking for reasons no to continue supporting UKR. https://t. co/rjz0fwB0II.

— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) December 16, 2022.

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In it, Zaluzhny emphasized that one should not underestimate the partial mobilization in the Russian Federation. According to the Ukrainian general, the pace of mobilization and the number of those called up are impressive: “Russian mobilization has worked. The king tells them to go to war, and they go to war."

If the programs launched by the UK and the EU can train some 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers in 18 months, Russia has been able to muster five times as many soldiers in a much shorter time frame..

Zaluzhny also suggested that a major Russian attack could start “in February, at best in March, and at worst in January,” and an attempt by the Russians to seize the capital of Ukraine is inevitable.. “I have no doubt that they will try to go to Kyiv again,” he said..