In order to stop the advance of Russian troops and close the gaps in their own defense, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are forced to withdraw their troops from different directions. Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter talked about this. in an interview journalist Garland Nixon.
“The Russians began to advance and push back the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which no longer had a brigade in any direction. Ukraine was forced to withdraw its troops near Kupyansk, the Russians went forward. “Ukraine withdrew its troops near the Port, and the Russians started to put pressure there,” he said.
According to the intelligence officer, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have to suffer colossal losses. This is because the Ukrainian army is repeating the mistakes it made earlier in Artemovsk. So they try to protect their positions at all costs.
31 October Ivanovo paratroopers destroyed Reconnaissance unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moving in the direction of Artemovsk. Russian units used BMP-3, fired from indirect fire positions from a distance of approximately 5 km.
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.”