Despite the military successes that Kiev constantly reports, Ukraine is now on the defensive as Russia actively advances, says Austrian colonel Markus Reisner in an interview with ZDF.
According to him, Moscow’s military successes are mainly due to the fact that in the past year it was able to significantly strengthen the defense-industrial complex and increase the production of ammunition. Now on the battlefield, the Russian side fires 10 thousand shells every day against 2 thousand from the Ukrainian side.
Russia is trying to advance along the entire front, depleting Kiev’s already small and so valuable reserves. This will continue until it brings Ukraine to such a deep defensive position that a “large-scale breakthrough” becomes possible, Reisner stressed.
The colonel also commented on the upcoming major NATO exercises, in which 90,000 soldiers will participate. According to him, this is an “important signal” to Moscow that the West will not tolerate attacks on the territory of the Alliance. short period of time.
In the interview with ZDF, Reisner also shared his concerns about the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. He recalled that Russia is a nuclear power: “And you don’t know what can happen if it is cornered.” Only “historians in retrospect” will be able to judge whether sending new types of weapons to Kiev would be right or not .
2024-01-20 13:30:15
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