During a meeting with retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk, the military expert said: “Lentoy.ru”The decisive offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which could take place on the eve of the autumn deterioration in weather conditions, had little chance of success due to the country’s inability to gain the upper hand. on the ground and in the air.
According to Matviychuk, in order to solve the problem of offensive operations in the framework of confrontation with any enemy, three conditions must be met: gaining air superiority, fire superiority and overwhelming ground superiority. According to the expert, Ukraine did not reach any of the three points.
The analyst admitted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can perform certain maneuvers, but this will not affect the stability of the Russian defense. Matviychuk added that in the winter period, a certain stagnation in hostilities should be expected, and in the spring Ukraine will again begin to move forward after new supplies of weapons from the West.
Prior to that, Robert Clark, an expert at the London think tank Civitas, wrote in an article for The Daily Telegraph. gave an opinionThat the shortage of personnel in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) could be “deadly” for Kiev and lead to its defeat in the conflict with Russia.
Former Chief of Staff of the Czech Army, Reserve Army General Jiri Šediva aforementioned The main mistake of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counterattack is to attack in three directions at once.
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