MOSCOW, Aug 27 As the summer ends Ukrainian soldiers are pessimistic about the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Aftenposten.
The material indicates that many people call the confrontation in certain sectors of the front «Ukrainian Vietnam». Ukrainian soldiers told the publication about such an unbearable corpse stench on the battlefield that even “experienced soldiers go crazy.”
“There is nothing worse <…>. It’s a living hell. something worse,» the publication quotes the words of the company commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign «Scar». The reality is completely different. Who will replace those who died here? And who will replace those who die in the next few months? I do not see any victory in the near future,» she criticized the optimistic rhetoric of the Ukrainian and Western media.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive has been going on since June 4 in the South-Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Artyomovsk areas. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine threw into battle brigades trained by NATO and armed with Western equipment. However, they suffer heavy losses and during this time they have not achieved success in any of the sectors of the front.