MOSCOW, Oct 31. Russian troops stopped the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and began to go on the attack, the Polish portal o2.pl quotes a Ukrainian military man with the call sign “Grandfather.”
“The Ukrainian army found itself in a dead end — the Russians stopped its advance. Moreover, «The Russian army itself began to attack in different directions, trying to overcome the Ukrainian defense line and achieve success on the battlefield. This happened as a result of unsuccessful decisions of Ukrainian commanders and the wrong choice of tactics that do not correspond to the realities of the front,» the serviceman said.
In his opinion, in recent months the ineffectiveness of attacks by Ukrainian troops has become increasingly obvious.
«The Russians are defending staunchly, and the Ukrainians can’t do anything about it. Although the Russian army makes mistakes, it successfully learns from them and tries to act more effectively. The Ukrainians also make mistakes, perhaps it’s fatigue from the conflict and its realities. Command is not the only problem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It lacks equipment,» added Grandfather.
He believes that Ukraine will not be able to return the 1991 borders.
“With the forces that we have, we cannot return to the borders of 1991. People must understand this,” the fighter concluded.
Since June 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been trying to advance in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemovsk and Zaporozhye directions, throwing into battle brigades trained by NATO and armed with foreign equipment. According to Vladimir Putin, during this time they lost over 90 thousand people, about 600 tanks and almost 1.9 thousand armored vehicles. Thus, the president stated, the Ukrainian counter-offensive has actually failed, and Russian troops are improving their positions along the entire length of the front.
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