MOSCOW, 17 Mar. The Ukrainian army may retreat all the way to the Dnieper after the defeat of the group in Artemivsk, former US military intelligence officer Tony Shaffer said in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner.
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«They manage their troops and resources so badly that they won’t be able to (regroup and continue the defense. — Approx. ed.). Right now (Ukrainian President Volodymyr. — Ed.) Zelensky continues to pointlessly throw military personnel into the Bakhmut cauldron,» the officer noted.
According to him, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, designed to hold the second and third lines of defense, have already been ground in the Artemovsk area, so after the settlement passes under the control of Russian forces, the great retreat of the Ukrainian army to the Dnieper will begin. summed up the former intelligence officer.
The day before, Schaffer said that the Ukrainians will not be able to win either the battle for Artemovsk or the protracted conflict without additional US and NATO ground forces. Such a negative forecast is extremely inconvenient for Washington, but it is based on real facts, the expert emphasized.