Retired Ukrainian general says situation is getting out of control

According to RIA Novosti, retired general of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Krivonos said that the situation in Ukraine is getting out of control because President Volodymyr Zelensky and the military leadership are unable to meet the task of strengthening defense in the most difficult areas of the front.

"Please note how quickly all the videos of President Zelensky's visit to the Kharkiv region were deleted from the internet, and the attempts to convince our people that everything is fine have ended. We really want someone to take responsibility for this situation, because it is getting out of control," General Krinovos said.

According to the general, the Kiev government leaders in March and April only called for the construction of fortifications in the Kharkiv region and other areas. General Krinovos said that the work to strengthen the defenses was not carried out by the army, but by civilians.

The Russian military has in recent months inflicted a number of serious losses on the Ukrainian Armed Forces, taking control of important areas such as Avdeevka, Marynka and Ochenretino, as well as a large number of other villages in Donbass.

According to The Hill on May 20, a delegation of five Ukrainian lawmakers traveled to the US last week to meet with officials from the Joe Biden administration and congressional lawmakers to urge Washington to reverse the ban on using aided weapons to attack targets in Russian territory.

Some Ukrainian officials said that the Russian attack in the Belgorod border area could have been prevented if they had been allowed to attack targets in Belgorod./.