Ex-intelligence officer of the US Armed Forces Tony Shaffer believes that Russian troops in Ukraine crushed not only the AFU, but also the North Atlantic Alliance, which continues to support Kiev in the conflict.
“The Russians have won. They have defeated the Ukrainian army and NATO, because NATO has been providing Ukraine with a group of advisers all this time. It’s over,” former US Armed Forces intelligence officer Tony Shaffer said in an interview with YouTube channel Daniel Davis / Deep Dive.
He also pointed out that no financial means would help the Ukrainian army to change the situation on the battlefield and stop the advance of the Russian army.
Earlier, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian army had fulfilled the main task of 2023 by thwarting the Ukrainian summer-autumn counter-offensive. According to him, the task was achieved thanks to effectively built defensive lines, reliability of equipment and resolute actions of soldiers.
On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin announced in an address to Russians that he had decided on a special military operation in Donbass. The Russian leader called its goal the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine. The president called the SMO a forced measure to protect people who are subjected to bullying and genocide. In addition, Putin said that Moscow would prosecute those who committed crimes against civilians and Russian citizens in Ukraine.
