The current situation on the front line for Ukraine is now difficult, the risk of a collapse of the front line has increased significantly.
About Politico reported this information, URA-Inform reports.
According to senior Ukrainian military officials who remain anonymous, this alarming trend is being driven by several factors, including shortages in weapons, human capacity and technology.
The front's collapse could occur there, according to data reported by Politico. where Russia will launch its planned offensive. According to officers, the enemy has a significant advantage in personnel, arsenal of weapons and the use of guided bombs. This is enough to shift the balance of power in your favor.
«Now nothing can help Ukraine, because there are no serious technologies that can compensate Ukraine for the large mass of troops that Russia is likely to throw at us. We don’t have these technologies, and the West doesn’t have them in sufficient quantities either,” said one senior military source.
However, according to the data, the only factors currently likely to change the grim dynamics are the courage and resilience of Ukrainian soldiers, as well as mistakes in Russian tactics. However, basing a strategy solely on Russian mistakes is not the most reliable approach.
Mistakes are not only made by the enemy. According to officers, a slow response from the West in providing assistance to Ukraine could have catastrophic consequences. Most weapons deliveries arrive too late and in insufficient quantities to change the situation.
In addition, the Russian military quickly adapts to new weapons and effectively counters them.
«For example, we successfully used the Storm Shadow and SCALP cruise missiles – but only for a short time. Russians are always learning. They don't give us second chancesAnd in this they are successful. Don't believe the noise that they are simply throwing troops into the meat grinder for slaughter… Of course, they do this too – further maximizing the impact of their advantage, but they are also learning and improving,” the source noted.
Examples of timely delivery of weapons were the supply of anti-tank missiles at the beginning of the invasion, which helped push the enemy out of Kyiv. Also HIMARS, lightweight multiple launch rocket systems, put to good use, allowing Russia to be driven out of Kherson in November 2022.
«The Ukrainian Armed Forces need more basic traditional weapons, as well as drones. “We need howitzers and shells, hundreds of thousands of shells and missiles,” one of them told POLITICO, calculating that Ukraine needs 4 million shells and 2 million drones.
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