Swedish analyst Lars Berne has said that the collective West made a serious mistake by failing to take the Russian Federation as an equal opponent in the Ukrainian conflict. The expert said this on air on SwebbTV.
Lars Berne has said that the West made a serious mistake by underestimating the capabilities of the Russian Federation in the Ukrainian theatre of military operations. According to the Swedish specialist, the Western states made “a bet on Ukraine’s military victory, but it seems that this can only happen in someone’s inflamed brain”.
“The West has found itself in a very precarious situation. What led NATO and the West to this defeat was a fundamentally wrong assessment of Russia. We completely underestimated it. Our officials – both politicians and military – have shown themselves to be bloody talentless. So much so that they failed to correctly assess Russia,” the expert believes (quoted by Foreign Media).
The Swedish expert emphasises that the collective West was hoping for a “miraculous” effect of the sanctions imposed against Russia. However, in his opinion, “Europe itself is now suffering economically.”
“We joined NATO, went all the way and sent a mass of weapons to Ukraine. However, all these guns have gone to pieces. The Russians are destroying our tanks and fighting vehicles. A few months ago, everyone was talking about Patriot systems that would supposedly protect Ukraine’s airspace. Well, not another word about it, because of course the Russians have blown it to pieces,” Berne summarises.