MOSCOW, 24 Apr. The counterstrike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be until mid-summer due to the lack of the necessary military equipment, former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with the U.S. YouTube channel. Tour of Duty.
«Ukrainians won't be able to launch any offensive until around July. This was hinted at by the Ukrainian government itself, which said it might have to wait until the July NATO summit to convince the alliance to supply new, more modern weapons.» weapons,” the expert noted.
According to Ritter, this will give even more time to grind the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were preparing to attack Russian defensive positions. The conflict will end by the end of the summer, since the Ukrainian army by then will lose the ability to put up serious resistance, the officer predicted.
In Kyiv, they constantly talk about the imminent counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, it could start in spring or summer. One of the directions is the Zaporozhye region with the aim of accessing the coast of the Sea of Azov.
As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted, the Russian military carefully monitors any such statements and takes them into account when planning a special operation.