According to him, now the Ukrainian army is trying to overcome minefields and other obstacles.
Ukraine’s leadership must decide when to deploy additional forces. This should be preceded by an assessment of the situation on the front. .
“And if it’s done at the right time, there’s hope that it will provide opportunities and maybe allow them to change the dynamic on the battlefield,” Austin said. “And we can expect them to continue to exert pressure.”
Earlier, Kuchma’s former adviser Oleg Soskin said Zelensky, at the behest of the West, is forcing untrained fighters to go on the offensive, doomed to failure. Washington and its allies are demanding results. “He (Zelensky) must throw the Ukrainian army into the furnace so that it is destroyed,” Soskin said.
