MOSCOW, 30 Jul. The Russian army will encircle Kharkov as a result of a series of major defeats of the Ukrainian command in the Lugansk People's Republic, ex-Pentagon adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor said in his YouTube blog. under control of the road, which will allow them to move either to the west or to the north-west to encircle Kharkov,» the officer predicted.
McGregor called the Russian fortification system a colossal obstacle tens of kilometers deep. In his opinion, the Ukrainian command will never be able to overcome it. The colonel called the current situation hopeless for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian forces in the Zaporozhye, Yuzhnodonetsk and Artemivsk directions began on June 4th. The Kiev regime deployed NATO-trained brigades armed with Western technology, including the much-touted Leopard tanks, into battle. As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on July 11, the enemy did not achieve his goals in any sector of the front, and his losses exceeded 26,000 soldiers, 1,244 tanks and thousands of other equipment, 21 aircraft and six helicopters.
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