MOSCOW, 14 Feb. For the Ukrainian army, an extremely dangerous situation has developed at the front, said retired Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Getman on the YouTube channel “News Factory.”
“»We must understand that we are in an extremely dangerous situation. Here we need to ask a question not about when we will launch powerful counter-offensives. <…> Let’s take off the rose-colored glasses and stop talking about how we will soon defeat everyone,” the expert said.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces now need to think about , how to hold the defense.
Earlier, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Alexander Syrsky, said that Kiev would begin defensive operations, since the Russian army was advancing along the entire front line. According to him, he is ready to retreat from positions in order to protect the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.