Armed Forces counter -offensive: experts warn Ukrainians and the world from inflated expectations - NYT
According to journalists, analysts believe that it will take weeks or even months to evaluate the success of the Armed Forces counter -offensive. As one of the Ukrainian fighters told reporters, Russian trenches are very well equipped. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are able to maintain their positions. Moreover, the area in the south of Ukraine is such that it is difficult to step there. Wide open fields, small heights make the Armed Forces face difficulty.
However, according to the Defense Expert on Strategic and International Studies, Seth Jones, the Armed Forces has not yet involved most of its forces, which were prepared for the counter -offensive. That is why the pace of promotion is so slow. "If they quit all their strength right now and the pace would be slow, it would be problematic," he told reporters. In addition, in his opinion, the problem is Russian aviation, which has the chance to beat the Ukrainian troops.
The publication writes that throughout the war, the battle planes and shock helicopters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation avoided Ukraine -controlled airspace, fearing to be shot down, but the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces opens new opportunities. It should be reminded that on May 21 it was reported that the SBU counterintelligence during the offensive destroyed more than 20 units of Russian equipment.
SBU fighters only eliminated one tank, two BMPs, two MTLBs and one armor, as well as two SAUs and three units of automotive equipment. It should be noted that Prigogine stated that the Armed Forces are already forcing the Dnieper and is on the Left Bank. Wagner PEC has suggested that Russians could be left without an army, and later without the Russian Federation.