MOSCOW, 29 Jul. The Ukrainian army is thrown into chaos when it tries to advance and engage in combined arms combat, writes military expert Frank-Stefan Gady in an op-ed for the Economist. when trying to scale up to the level of a company or a battalion,» the expert noted.
In his opinion, the instability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also affected by the fact that Kiev suffered heavy losses in manpower and conducted several waves of mobilization. The army consists of experienced units and newly arrived recruits who are not capable of fighting at the level of veterans, said Gady.
Even if Ukraine could solve all these tactical problems, it would still be difficult for Ukraine to overcome the Russian defense without a large advantage in military equipment, the specialist concluded.
AFU began to advance in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemivsk and Zaporozhye directions on June 4th. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that any attempts by the Ukrainian forces to advance failed, the enemy troops were stopped and thrown back to their original positions.