MOSCOW, June 11. After the start of fighting in the Kharkov region, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine doubled, said former CIA analyst Larry Johnson in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
“In particular, the Ukrainian military is suffering losses in the vicinity of Kharkov, they are huge — almost twice as much as it was three or four months ago,” the expert noted.
In his opinion, the Russian military is not only occupying more and more territories in the Kharkov region, but is also forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to transfer units from the DPR to the north .
“»Ukrainian resources are at the limit,» Johnson emphasized.
On Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Zapad group had taken more advantageous positions, defeating the 14th, 63rd, 116th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 117th defense brigade in the areas of the villages of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Kharkov region. On Sunday, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the Russian military occupied the village of Ryzhevka in the Sumy region.
In mid-May, Vladimir Putin explained that Moscow is forced to create a sanitary security zone in Ukraine due to shelling of Russian territory from side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:01InfographicsMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine on 06/11/2024View