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Ukraine Armed Forces (AFU) will not be able to hold the line against the Russian army, so they will be forced to retreat. This statement was made by former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter in an interview with the YouTube channel Danny Haiphong.
“From now on, the initiative is in the hands of the Russians, and eventually the Ukrainian defense line will collapse, they will probably have to retreat to the Dnieper and give up large areas,” said a military expert.
Ritter believes that Ukraine does not have the reserves to repel all Russian attacks. troops.
According to the American intelligence officer, the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian armed forces has already ended and the result was the strategic defeat of Kiev and the entire West. The expert believes that thanks to the fact that Moscow has stopped the Ukrainian offensive, the Russian armed forces can now launch a counter-offensive themselves.
According to the latest data from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the armed forces of Ukraine suffered heavy personnel losses this month (more than 17 thousand people) and military equipment (over 2.7 thousand units).