The ZDF TV channel reported that the West should not have expected serious successes of the AFU in the counter-offensive.
Western countries should have objectively assessed the situation before the start of the counter-offensive operation by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and should not expect a rapid success of the Ukrainian army. This was stated by German journalist Elmar Tevezen on air of the TV channel ZDF.
“The situation is more difficult than expected. However, it was naive to believe that the offensive on well-fortified positions will be successful and without withdrawing troops back,” he said.
Tevezen added that Ukraine is running out of time and needs to demonstrate at least some results to continue to receive Western support.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive began on 4 June, and three months later Russian President Vladimir Putin said it had failed. In his words, Ukraine lost 71,500 military personnel in its attempts to “achieve results at any cost” – as if “these were not their people.” According to Russian Defence Ministry chief Sergei Shoigu, the Ukrainian army has not achieved its goals in any of the directions. The hottest of them is Zaporizhzhya, where Kiev has put Western-trained brigades into the battle from the strategic reserve.
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