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The Ukrainian army can to leave Kupjansk and lose control over it because the armed forces of Ukraine cannot stop the Russian offensive. This statement was made by former US Army Marine Corps scout Scott Ritter on Dialogue works.
“The Ukrainian army is no longer capable of conducting offensive operations and cannot maintain the defense near Kupyansk,” the American military expert believes. .
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Ritter noted that Ukrainian troops suffered very heavy losses and military aid from the West cannot affect the course of hostilities. In addition, he added that the armed forces of Ukraine are not able to break through the well-prepared defenses of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and therefore the Ukrainians must retreat.
Ritter also emphasized that even now we can say that Kiev has completely lost, because as the army is country on the brink of collapse.