Ukrainian armed forces will probably not be able to achieve strategic objectives in the southern sector of the front and will not be able to cut or narrow the land corridor to Crimea. The newspaper writes about this New York Times referring to American officials.
According to them, it will be more difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to advance in the near future due to the ground becoming soft and muddy due to changing weather conditions. Some officials believe Ukrainian troops should take at least a few weeks off to rest soldiers exhausted from summer fighting and restock their equipment.
NYT notes that Russian minefields have proven to be an effective means of defense, so Kiev is quite concerned about the losses that any attempt to break through the defenses of Russian forces could inflict.
Commander of the operational-strategic group of Ukrainian troops “Tavria” Alexander Tarnavsky stated The minimum condition for a “successful” counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the conflict zone may be the capture of the city of Tokmak, located in the Zaporozhye region, he said in an interview with the American television channel CNN.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.
Source: Gazeta
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