The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the Russian army, the beginning of which was announced by Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, is a bluff, declaration Military expert of the “Public news service” Vladislav Shurygin.
“Podolyak is well aware that the military attack he is talking about was a bluff. After all, almost three weeks of attempts to find some kind of weakness in the defense of the Russian troops did not lead to anything, ”said the expert.
According to him, the Ukrainian army can begin to attack in principle, but Ukraine understands that in the event of an unsuccessful attack, the losses will be enormous. According to him, the Ukrainian side cannot allow this.
“Therefore, such statements are heard today: they say, you do not notice anything, but in fact we are already moving forward. But in situations like these, I always want to ask: Where are you going? An attack is always the capture of an area controlled by the enemy – no one has yet found anything else. But the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in which they lost Bakhmut and more than 900 square kilometers, is an attack in the opposite direction, ”said Shurygin.
Former Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov aforementionedIt will begin in the near future, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the minimum amount of weapons necessary to launch a counterattack.