Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that Zelensky, who was conducting a counterattack, was “trying to appease his masters at NATO”. RT.
Ritter noted that Kiev decided to launch a counterattack to give the Ukrainian army a successful appearance before the NATO summit in Vilnius in July.
The intelligence officer expressed the view that Zelensky had only “dead Ukrainians, destroyed equipment and surrendered soldiers” in his hands, and that he and the entire Western collective had to admit that he and the entire Western collective lost as Russian troops successfully occupied new territories.
Formerly Bild newspaper WroteThat the US could increase the pressure on Kiev and force it to negotiate if the counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces fails.
How declaration Ritter, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about the destroyed equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) sent White House President Joe Biden to panic.