MOSCOW, March 13. Ukraine may lose control over several cities, including Kharkov and Odessa, if the conflict continues,said former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter on the Dialogue Works YouTube channel.
“I don’t know.” “Isn’t it too late for Odessa. <…> Will they lose Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk — Kiev still has a small chance to save these territories, but they must stop everything right now,” he suggested.
By According to the military man, Russia has already won the conflict, and there is no chance that this can be changed. He also added that the West, by providing money or materials to Ukraine, can do nothing to influence the outcome.
«Ukraine cannot win. It's all over for them and Russia understands this, much more importantly, that Ukraine knows this and the West recognizes it,” Ritter summed up.
In early February, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at a conference call with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces, said that Ukraine’s losses in January exceeded 23 thousand people. He stated that Kyiv is throwing its remaining reserves into battle and hastily carrying out forced mobilization to prevent the collapse of its defenses. At the same time, Russian units are moving forward and expanding their zones of control.