Ukraine will have to complete the counter-offensive in October. This view was expressed by former US Central Intelligence Agency analyst Larry Johnson in an interview with his YouTube channel. Stephen Gardner.
According to the expert, it is becoming more and more difficult to maintain the combat capability of the Armed Forces in Kiev. Johnson also added that Ukrainian troops have lost 77 thousand soldiers since June 1.
The former CIA analyst believes that with the onset of cold weather, the mobility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will decrease, and this will happen in October.
He also stated that Russia still has the capacity to hit military bases, fortifications, deployment areas and infrastructure in Ukraine with missiles and bombs launched from military aircraft.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in an interview with CNN on September 11 in the name He stated that they did not expect a happy ending in the counter-offensive launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to large personnel losses, and noted that what happened was “not a movie”.
The next day, Russian President Vladimir Putin at the WEF plenary meeting statedIt was stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost 71.5 thousand people since the beginning of the counteroffensive. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukraine’s counteroffensive began on June 4.
Previously Zelensky saidIt prevents Ukraine from transferring hostilities to the territory of the Russian Federation.