American journalist Jackson Hinkle said: Youtube channelAfter the complete defeat of the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces advancing in the south, the Russian Armed Forces will “clear” the Donbass and Kharkiv region.
“They (Russian troops. – socialbites.ca) will protect and completely clear the Donbass from the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he said.
According to the journalist, this situation is already happening in the Kharkiv region. He stated that the Russian army is already advancing in the direction of the city of Kupyansk and “recovering village by village”.
According to Hinkle, the time has come to switch to the defensive tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which suffered significant losses during the counterattack in the Zaporozhye sector of the front.
Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter declarationThat Ukraine may lose Kharkiv and Kupyansk due to the inability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to hold the line.
Prior to that, retired Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko of the LPR People’s Militia aforementionedThat the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction were comparable to the losses during the battle of Artemovsk.
Formerly a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine declaration About the misunderstanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.