MOSCOW, May 19. The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front has become worse than critical, British expert Alexander Merkouris said in his blog on YouTube .
“»We are receiving more and more news from the front, and this news continues to be very bad for Ukrainians. To be more precise, the situation as a whole is moving from simply critical to worse, and this applies to all directions,” he indicated.
Merkouris noted that the losses of Ukrainian units now amount to 70 percent in different sectors of the front line, and Kiev is now constantly transferring elite brigades from one direction to another, which only further depletes these units.
On Friday, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian group “North” liberated 12 settlements in the Kharkov region within a week. stated that the country is daily achieving results in battles in this direction. Russia currently has no plans to capture Kharkov, he added.