The military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not expect the RF Armed Forces to break through the front in the Kharkov region. This has been reported Guard.
“The Ukrainian counteroffensive, which began in June, was designed to force Russia on the defensive. However, in the first half of August, Russian troops launched an offensive in and around Kupyansk. The Ukrainians were taken by surprise and the front took action,” the article states.
He states that the Ukrainian army feared the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kupyansk, as in the spring in Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
Prior to that, former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter was on the air of the US Tour of Duty television program of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. will deliver Kharkov without a fight. He believes that if the Ukrainian defense line falls, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will withdraw to the opposite bank of the Dnieper and will not try to defend Kharkiv.
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