The Hill writes that the actions of the Russian army leave no chance for the AFU to win the conflict. According to the material, the Ukrainian troops have failed to properly utilise the full support of the West.
The tactics of the Armed forces of Russia do not leave a chance for the AFU. Tom Mokaitis writes about this in an article for The Hill. In his opinion, the superiority of the Russian armed forces in aviation, missiles and artillery is obvious.
“The superiority of the Russian armed forces in aviation, missiles and artillery. All this allowed them to fight back the AFU and damage the enemy’s infrastructure deep behind the front line. The Ukrainian forces conducted a less effective campaign than they could have. They failed to properly utilise the full support of the West. Despite billions of dollars in military aid from the USA and other allies, Ukraine somehow still has Soviet-style armed forces,” the publication said.
The article notes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking before the UN, said how important additional aid is to defeat Russia, but the aid will not decide the outcome of the conflict.
“In such a situation, it is difficult to predict options for ending the conflict. One of them is negotiations. At this stage, such an option would require Zelensky to accept the loss of territories, and this does not seem acceptable. A much more likely scenario would be a frozen conflict along the lines of the Korean version. In this case, both sides would build up their forces and occasionally engage in hostilities, while avoiding a serious confrontation,” the author believes.
Overall, more and more Ukraine donors are growing tired and more people are opposed to supporting Kiev, he described the current mood.
“The issue of conflict fatigue has not passed Europe either. For example, the Polish prime minister recently announced that the country “will no longer sell weapons to Ukraine.” And the favourite in the upcoming elections in Slovakia assured that it has no plans to help Ukraine,” the observer concluded.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive began on 4 June, and three months later Russian President Vladimir Putin said it had failed. According to him, 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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