MOSCOW, Aug 31 The desire of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to continue the counteroffensive will lead to the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the summer campaign and the flight of six million citizens of the country to Poland, said ex-US intelligence officer Scott Ritter in an interview with journalist Garland Nixon. this is the last line of defense on which they can defend themselves. Then about six million Ukrainians will turn out to be refugees. They will head to the West,» the expert predicted.
According to Ritter, migrants will provoke a serious crisis in European countries, including Poland .
«Nothing good will come of this situation,» he concluded.
On June 4, Kiev began active hostilities in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artyomovsk and, above all, Zaporozhye directions, throwing brigades into battle, prepared by the North Atlantic Alliance and armed with Western military equipment.
Vladimir Putin noted on July 21 that the enemy had no results, and Western curators were clearly disappointed with the course of the operation. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to him, are not helped by either the supply of weapons and ammunition, or thousands of mercenaries and advisers.