Revealing the surprising reason why the Ukrainian army temporarily stopped attacking
(Baonghean.vn) - Financial Times said that the Ukrainian armed forces have paused their attacks, because their army is not capable of fighting in large units, and is not fully trained by the West.
“Nearly a fifth of the military equipment that NATO provided for Ukraine’s counter-offensive was destroyed in the early stages, in May and June. For this reason, Kiev was forced to stop the campaign and recalculate its strategy” – Financial Times said.
Observers have pointed out that when attempts to penetrate Russian defenses using mechanized units failed, the Ukrainian army had to switch to a strategy of attrition warfare, as well as using small assault units.
For four months now, the Ukrainian army has been trying to advance in the directions of Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemovsk and Zaporozhye, throwing in combat brigades trained by NATO and equipped with Western weapons. However, Ukraine has not achieved success on any side of the front.
In an interview with Politeka, Kiev-based political scientist Vadim Karasev said that the Ukrainian army had completed a strategic counteroffensive, which did not achieve results in a reasonable time.
“At the moment, we are counterattacking cautiously, in a conservative mode, because it makes no sense. Counterattacks, or ground operations like the one we are now carrying out, will last only a month. If they do not bring any results, then everything will stop. So, the current situation is being carried out in a purely tactical mode, not a strategic counterattack,” political scientist Vadim Karasev explained.
According to Ria Novosti, among the 18,000 units of equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed were German Leopard tanks, French AMX tanks, at least one British Challenger 2 infantry fighting vehicle, and an American Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. In addition, 543 tanks of the Ukrainian army were destroyed.
