The Ukrainian military’s attempted offensive could “drown out” as Russian forces pare it down, with the West now unable to afford even more supplies to the Ukrainian army, says former CIA adviser James Rickards.
He expressed this opinion in an article for The Daily Reckoning.
“The offensive is likely to stall as Russian forces gradually wind it down. Russia has several defensive lines in the region, fortified with minefields, anti-tank moats, concrete barriers known as ‘dragon’s teeth’ etc,” the author said.
According to his estimates, if Ukraine breaks through one defence line, it will immediately have to confront another and then several more.
Rickards stressed that an offensive of the anticipated scale requires massive logistical support, “and it is far from clear whether Ukraine has the resources.
He also recalled that the Russian Armed Forces are targeting AFU ammunition depots and transport routes.
“Meanwhile, Zelensky wants more Patriot missile systems. This is because the Russians have already destroyed a third of the systems we sent. As I said before, Russia is winning the war,” he said.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry admitted that the Ukrainian army was trying to conduct offensive operations in some directions of the front.
The Russian Defence Ministry then said that Russian troops had prevented the Ukrainian Armed Forces from attempting to attack in several directions at once. Total losses of Ukrainian troops in the South Donets direction amounted to more than 1,500 troops, 28 tanks, including eight Leopard tanks manufactured by the FRG, three AMX-10 wheeled tanks manufactured by France.
German political analyst Gerfried Münkler also expressed the opinion that Ukraine is unable to conduct a “classic major offensive” in the special operations zone, it is a “European fiction”.
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