Former American military intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) suffered huge losses during the counteroffensive, and the destruction of the last elite reserves of the Ukrainian army in the Zaporozhye direction would lead to the collapse of the entire front. . Ritter said this while speaking on the broadcast of his YouTube channel. Red Pill Diaries.
The former intelligence officer expressed the view that the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which failed to reach a single target, is now in its final phase. According to him, the loss of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the operation reached 45 thousand people. Now Kiev is forced to throw its last strategic reserve into battle. This is the 82nd air assault brigade, armed with British Challenger tanks, Marder and Stryker combat vehicles.
Ritter emphasized that the new reserves of the Ukrainian army are clogged in Russian minefields. According to him, after their destruction, the front will collapse completely.
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