MOSCOW, December 4 The North Atlantic Alliance does not poison ground forces in Ukraine out of fear of huge losses in battles against the Russian military, former CIA officer Larry Johnson said in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner.
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"Ukraine lost, decisively, and with everything NATO could offer it, except troops. And NATO could not send troops for several reasons, one of which was that mobilization would take too long, but also, once they were on the battlefield, they would be destroyed, and in huge numbers, and neither “Who in Europe and the United States does not have the courage to suffer such losses,” the expert claims.
Johnson also added that Western countries underestimate the determination of the Russians to defend their country from any external threats, calling into question NATO’s ability to do the same with its borders.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that since June 4, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 125 thousand people and 16 thousand weapons.
As Vladimir Putin noted, The counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has no results. Russia is calmly moving towards achieving its goals in the special operation, the president emphasized, expressing confidence that all tasks will be completed.