Former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that Ukraine could lose control over Kupyansk and Kharkov due to the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (APU). He talked about it in an interview. Youtube channel Judging freedom.
According to him, the defensive line of the Ukrainian side near Kupyansk was broken, and Russian troops are advancing 5-15 kilometers per day and can enter the city. Ritter believes that “it will soon fall and Kharkov will follow”.
The former intelligence officer believes that in the current situation where Russia is putting pressure on the entire front line, the Ukrainians no longer have enough people to maintain the defense.
Until then, Ritter declarationThat Russian units suppressed Western air defense systems at the disposal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in just a few months.
According to him, Russian soldiers launched a successful campaign to eliminate these systems a few months ago. During this time, they discovered and undermined a sufficient number of Western air defense facilities.
Ritter explained that the Ukrainians do not like to talk about the fact that the Russian Armed Forces recently destroyed many Patriot air defense systems.
Formerly in the Armed Forces in the open Source of information on the departure of strategic aviation of the Russian Federation.