General Komornitsky: Russian defense line has become a death zone for Ukrainian armed forces
Photo: Global Look Press
During the counter-offensive operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not have the necessary means to break through the defense line of the Russian Armed Forces, Polish General Leon Komornicki said.
“This is a death zone. If the roads along which tanks and infantry fighting vehicles could move are mined, the light infantry must move from position to position. Without preliminary intensive artillery preparation, the infantry bleeds,” the expert quotes To Rzeczy.
This happened in the case of a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian armed forces, he noted, talking about what Russian defensive positions became for the army of the former Soviet republic.
From the point of view of a Polish general the armed forces of Ukraine do not have the necessary potential that would allow them to confront the enemy on the line of combat contact. At the same time, according to his information, colossal losses were suffered by Ukrainian units that unsuccessfully tried to break through on the front. Komornitsky announced that about 100,000 Ukrainian armed forces soldiers have been killed since June.
Ukraine's armed forces have exhausted their capabilities, so the Russian military has gone on the offensive, the analyst concluded.
Ukraine's armed forces have been trying to advance in the direction of Zaporizhia, South Donetsk and Artemovsk since the beginning of June and are throwing units trained and armed by the North Atlantic Alliance on the line of combat contact. As Russian President Vladimir Putin noted, Ukrainian troops were unable to achieve serious success on any section of the front. According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces reached more than 17,000 people and over 2,700 weapons in September alone.