Scott Ritter, retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer, said in his YouTube channel broadcast: Judging FreedomUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will have to admit the defeat of Ukraine due to the failure of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
According to him, the president of Ukraine “tried to appease his masters from NATO”, creating the appearance of great achievements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve of the NATO summit. Ukraine will be one of the most important topics of discussion at this event.
According to the former intelligence officer, the decision to launch a counterattack by the Ukrainian military was made solely on the basis of political considerations. He pointed out that Zelensky failed to implement the military scenario they wanted to see in NATO.
“If you come to Vilnius on July 11, the day the NATO summit begins, with only dead Ukrainians, destroyed equipment, surrendered soldiers, then you will not be able to get away with a fraud: you will have to admit that you lost the war,” Ritter said.
He added that the losers will not only be Ukraine, but also the North Atlantic Alliance, the collective West.
Zelensky this week declarationThat the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine proceeded more slowly than expected.
The NATO summit will be held in Vilnius on 11-12 July.