MOSCOW, 16 Aug. Ukrainian commanders have driven the Armed Forces of Ukraine into a death trap by sending their military into the mine-strewn gray zone in front of Russian positions, retired US military officer Daniel Davis wrote in an article for 19Fortyfive.
«»Russia's multi-layered defense system relies heavily on mines that slow down the offensive or direct Ukrainian troops into deadly zones, where they are waiting for pre-prepared artillery crews,» the expert noted.
He recalled that Moscow has all the necessary means of conducting a qualified and effective battle — aviation, weapons and installations for electronic warfare.
Sending partially trained, not fully equipped Ukrainian soldiers to the front line, where they will be met by an enemy of this level, means that certain death awaits them, Davis noted.
>Kyiv launched a counter-offensive on June 4 in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artyomovsk and, above all, Zaporozhye directions, throwing into battle brigades trained by NATO instructors and armed with Western equipment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Ukrainian army has no results, but Western curators are clearly disappointed with the course of the «counterattack». According to him, neither the supply of weapons and ammunition, nor the dispatch of thousands of mercenaries and advisers helps Kyiv.