MOSCOW, 28 Jul. The Ukrainian army is falling apart under the onslaught of Russian forces, said Colonel Douglas McGregor, a former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, in an interview with the Redacted YouTube channel. goes to war, reaches a critical level of its capabilities and collapses under pressure. <…> Ukraine has already lost, its armed forces are falling apart. They are good people and soldiers, they have done everything possible. Just hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded — that's already too much. All Ukrainian hospitals are full,» the officer said.
Earlier, McGregor said that if the Armed Forces of Ukraine try to go on a new offensive, they could lose all the remaining brigades. According to the colonel, even the Ukrainian soldiers themselves admit that they cannot continue to fight. The personnel suffered heavy losses, and now their numbers are too small for further clashes.
The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye, South-Donetsk and Artemivsk directions began on June 4. The Kiev leadership threw into battle brigades trained by NATO and armed with Western equipment, including the widely advertised German Leopard tanks. As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on July 11, the enemy did not achieve his goals, and his losses exceeded 26,000 soldiers, 1,244 tanks and thousands of other equipment, 21 aircraft and six helicopters.