According to military expert Markus Reisner, Ukraine’s partial successes in its counter-offensive against the Russian army are overestimated. “Alarm bells should be ringing that there has been no operational breakthrough after 117 days of counter-offensive,” he said in an interview with a news agency.
“Individual Russian defense lines are being overcome with great losses, but so far there has never been a real breach of the dam,” said Reisner of the Austrian army. Overall, the Ukrainian army does not receive sufficient military equipment to defend itself against, among other things, Russian air strikes in the hinterland. This would minimize the impact on critical infrastructure. If the country’s energy supply were to suffer serious damage again, the backbone of arms production would disintegrate.
Tank destroyed or damaged
Ukraine’s allies have only partially fulfilled their promises regarding military equipment, and at least a third of the Leopard 2 tanks delivered have been destroyed or damaged. Overall, losses on both sides were shockingly high. The New York Times recently reported that approximately 160,000 Russians had been killed and 140,000 injured. On the Ukrainian side, approximately 80,000 people would be killed and 120,000 injured. The Ukrainian army lost about 4,500 military vehicles, the Russian army already lost 12,300.
“In fact, four to five fully loaded freight trains with war materials should roll into Ukraine every week,” Reisner said. Although the US government is very aware of the difficult situation, the perception in the EU is inappropriate. “Europe is about to miss the moment when we are no longer in control and the situation tilts in favor of the Russians,” the military expert warned.
Russians hide problems
However, according to American information, Russian military bloggers publish only a small part of their findings on the course of the war against Ukraine. According to the Institute for War Studies (ISW) in Washington, Russian commanders routinely hide complaints and problems, for example with communications, drones or troop pay. The flow of information from the Russian front to the decision makers is inefficient.
Source: Krone
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