Western countries fear that the Russian Federation can regain its initiative on the battlefield - WSJ

According to diplomats, in a number of NATO countries there is an increasing awareness that the deviation or slowdown in the supply of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of tanks, BMPs and the means of Air defense last year has been a strategic mistake. Western officials are concerned that the Russian Federation will be able to regain the initiative on the battlefield and start their own offensive. About it writes Wall Street Journal with reference to Western officials.

The publication states that the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces has encountered serious resistance from the Russian Federation. According to the authors of the article, Ukraine has no modern F-16 fighters and enough air defense systems. At the same time, the Russian Federation increased its own production of winged missiles and regularly fired at Ukrainian cities with rockets.

"Many Western officials are increasingly concerned that Russia can regain its initiative on the battlefield and start its own offensive, if Ukraine does not show significant success this summer," journalists write. According to diplomats, in a number of NATO countries there is an increase in the awareness that the deviation or slowdown in the supply of the Armed Forces of Tanks, BMPs and air defense systems last year has been a strategic mistake.

It is expected that a NATO summit in Vilnius will be decided on how Ukraine can strengthen Ukraine's military potential in the coming weeks and months. We will remind that according to ISW dated July 10, the Ukrainian military in 5 weeks of offensive actions managed to release as many territories as the Russian Federation has seized in the last half of a year. Earlier, on July 8, the adviser to the head of OP Mikhail Podolyak stated that the first stage of the counter -offensive was successful.