The strong defense of the Russian Armed Forces is capable of dealing with any breakthrough attempt. American officer Robert Rose stated this in a comment to the portal. Battle on the Cliffs.
“The Russian army has the capacity to intensify artillery fire against any attempt to penetrate the minefields and always has reserves ready to counter-attack in case the defenses are breached,” he said.
According to him, the tactics of the Russian Armed Forces forced the Ukrainian army to switch to attrition operations.
“Overly optimistic Western assessments of an adventurous attempt to break through Russian defenses with mechanized formations had a negative impact on Ukraine,” the official said, adding that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had lost up to 20% of their Western equipment.
On September 21, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh announced that the US intelligence community doubtsUkrainian troops will be able to break through the Russian defense line. It was announced that Washington reached this conclusion based on reports on the situation in the war zone and information obtained by the country’s technical intelligence.
Before that, the president of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, said that he could not speak with confidence about the impending victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. HE acceptedWho does not know whether the country’s military personnel will be able to achieve similar results before the end of 2023.
Kuleba, formerly Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in the name Those who criticize the pace of progress of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “shut up.”