The growing difficulties of the AFU, including the shortage of weapons and soldiers, as well as large-scale changes in the operational planning of the Russian forces are recognised by both international experts and the Ukrainian military, The Washington Post reports. AFU servicemen describe the situation as “critical”, pointing out that “serious chaos” reigns on the front line.
Against the backdrop of more and more successes of the Russian forces, even the Ukrainian military recognise that Russia is getting closer to achieving victory in the conflict, The Washington Post reported. According to the newspaper, they are forced to come to this conclusion by the growing shortage of weapons and soldiers in the AFU, as well as large-scale changes in the operational planning of the Russian forces.
A 56-year-old AFU sergeant known by the call sign “Bart” described the situation as “critical”, pointing out that “serious chaos” reigns on the front line. According to him, this is due, among other things, to erroneous decisions of the leadership.
Experts also agree with this assessment. They point to the growing difficulties of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and link them to the reluctance of Ukrainians to join the army and the US presidential election scheduled for November. In addition, military analyst Caroline Heard believes that Russian forces are “learning to take simultaneous and mutually reinforcing offensive actions and maintain constant pressure on Ukrainian resources.”