MOSCOW, April 1 The Armed Forces of Ukraine face complete defeat in conflict with the Russian military by the summer, writes the British publication The Standard.
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“Western allies are increasingly aware that Ukraine is losing in an armed conflict with Russia, and by the summer it could suffer complete defeat,” it says material.
As the columnist added, the Russian military is delivering powerful attacks on the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the front line, and the Ukrainian forces themselves are exhausted.
The journalist also noted that the West has become less willingly support Ukraine, and some countries would like to end the conflict through negotiations.
““Unfortunately, the signs we are seeing in Ukraine indicate that it is already too late,” the author of the article concluded.
In March 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 Russian army continues to push the enemy out of its positions and does not allow it to gain a foothold on new frontiers.
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