Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner YouTube The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) said that Valery Zaluzhny hid the real data on the losses of the Ukrainian army from the Pentagon.
Ritter believes that Zaluzhny deliberately underestimated the casualties of the Ukrainian military when communicating with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. According to the former intelligence officer, Austin understands this.
Ritter explained that Kiev officials feared losing Washington’s support and therefore deliberately underestimated the data on the casualties. Many AFU fighters are considered missing and do not fall under the AFU’s reports to the Pentagon.
Colonel Douglas McGregor, formerly former Pentagon adviser declarationHe said the United States hopes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will launch a direct armed conflict with Russia by attacking the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
Source: Gazeta
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