Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson said the Russian army inflicted heavy losses on Ukrainian troops. The recording of the broadcast containing his words has been published YouTube.
The former CIA analyst said it was incredible that the army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) could be on the front lines for, say, two years and still survive against all odds. According to Johnson, the Ukrainians are constantly having to renew their units, and some have lost up to 80% of their personnel.
“What’s happening right now is truly terrible,” Johnson said.
He added that Ukraine is experiencing difficulties in replenishing the manpower in the army as soldiers suffer more casualties in wars with the Russian army. According to Johnson, the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will worsen in the near future.
Before that Johnson statedIt was stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost the initiative in the war zone due to problems in the supply of Western weapons and lack of personnel. He noted that Russian troops successfully took advantage of this situation.
10 November Estonian military intelligence accepted Transfer of the initiative in the conflict zone to Russian soldiers.
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