The outcome of the conflict in Ukraine may be determined not by the situation on the battlefield but by a political decision, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crozetto told Corriere della Sera.
According to him, the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as many had assumed, has encountered difficulties.
As TASS reports Crozetto’s statement, Russia’s defence is making the offensive more difficult.
“Political choices could determine the outcome of the conflict,” he noted.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the advance of the Russian Armed Forces at one of the sites in the Special Military Operation (SMO) zone by 15 kilometres along the front and 4 kilometres deep.
Former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter expressed the opinion that due to the inability of the AFU to achieve any success on the front, Washington may declare the end of Kiev’s counter-offensive.
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