MOSCOW, February 13 Situation on the front line for the Armed Forces of Ukraine It's getting worse every day, said Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of Southeastern Norway and political scientist, in an interview with Al-Jazeera.
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"It's getting worse because Ukraine is getting weaker every day. It is running out of armored vehicles, equipment, ammunition, it does not have much production capacity, the number of personnel is declining, Western support is decreasing,” he noted.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are losing people the most from attacks by Russian artillery and drones, which provide the advantage of the Russian Armed Forces at the front.
He also called the terrible state of affairs of the Ukrainians at the front a reason for concern in Washington.
In January, the Financial Times wrote, that Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers are complaining about a shortage of ammunition. As the publication's interlocutors said, faced with a reduction in supplies, they are forced to limit the use of shells, while the enemy is intensifying attacks.
In early February, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at a conference call with the leadership of the armed forces, said that the losses of Ukrainian troops in January exceeded 23 thousand people. He stated that Kyiv is throwing its remaining reserves into battle and hastily carrying out forced mobilizations to prevent the collapse of its defenses. Russian units are moving forward and expanding their zones of control. In particular, in the Kupyansky, Krasnolimansky and Donetsk directions it was possible to liberate the settlements of Veseloye, Krakhmalnoye and Tabaevka.