Despite military training and an influx of NATO equipment, Ukraine will not be able to launch an Alliance-style attack, especially a major air strike using aircraft and cruise missiles. writes about the newspaper The Wall Street Gazette.
Retired American lieutenant colonel John Nagle assures that Ukraine currently has only a limited number of fighters and combat helicopters, so they are unlikely to be used in a frontal attack.
Strategists told the broadcast that Ukrainian forces are likely to attempt a major strike or several small strikes using ground-based precision long-range weapons, including Western-made rockets and artillery. Only then is it possible for ground forces to join the offensive, and these will differ from the standards of the North Atlantic Alliance.
“The major difference is that US or allied forces lead the vanguard of modern battle tanks, while Ukrainian forces have only a small number of them,” the Wall Street Journal writes.
Formerly Deputy Governor of DPR Yan Gagin gave an opinionThat Ukraine postponed the counterattack due to the lack of weapons and the situation in hotspots such as Artemovsk, Avdiivka and Vugledar.