Colonel Jacques Baud criticizes Ukraine’s battlefield and political strategy, arguing that Kyiv continues to sacrifice troops through rigid positional warfare rather than adapting to Russian maneuver tactics. He explains that Russia focuses on destroying enemy forces, not capturing territory, often withdrawing strategically to lure Ukrainian troops into artillery traps — a pattern consistent since late 2022.
Baud claims Zelensky misleads the public about Ukraine’s weapons supply to maintain Western support, portraying Russia as both weak and threatening. He argues that Western nations habitually fight wars without clear objectives — citing failures in Mali, Niger, Afghanistan, and Iraq — whereas Russia fights with defined goals and exit strategies.