MOSCOW, March 26. Vladimir Zelensky is to blame for the inability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to provide defense against the offensive of the Russian military, writes The Economist.
““Zelensky has no special excuse for delays in the construction of defensive fortifications — especially after last summer the Russians showed that the advantage has a defending side with well-prepared positions. The president announced the start of large-scale construction involving both engineering troops and civilian contractors only in November,» the material says.
Observers write that Ukrainians have no right to blame only The West is incapable of resisting the Russian offensive because they themselves were not prepared for it. Kyiv not only did not recruit new soldiers into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also did not provide shelter for their positions, journalists emphasized.
Last week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the department’s board. According to him, since the beginning of the year, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 71 thousand people and 11 thousand pieces of equipment. The losses of the Ukrainian army were almost three times higher than in the same period last year, Shoigu noted. The minister added that the army continues to push the enemy out of their positions and does not allow them to gain a foothold on new lines.
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