MOSCOW, Oct. 19 The Ukrainian armed forces were unable to capture any territories during its counteroffensive, former US military intelligence officer Tony Shaffer said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
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"I'm just stating the facts. In the context of the current situation on the battlefield, during the entire Ukrainian offensive they did not gain any permanent positions. Now the Ukrainians are already exhausted. “They have nothing left,” he pointed out.
The specialist also noted that the Ukrainian leadership realizes that they will soon “be abandoned like an unnecessary thing.”
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"And Putin knows “that the United States will not be able to supply Ukraine with the assistance necessary to maintain the offensive or even for defense,” the expert added.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trying for the fifth month to advance in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemovsk and Zaporozhye directions, throwing into battle brigades trained NATO and armed with foreign equipment. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on October 5 at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club that since June 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 90 thousand people, 557 tanks and almost 1,900 armored vehicles. He also emphasized that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had actually failed, and Russian troops were improving their positions along the entire front.