“We take such statements in stride,” said the head of the Ukrainian department. According to him, from the point of view of several anonymous officials and analysts, Ukraine should have ceased to exist last year. Now, Kuleba continued, they believe that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to return the territories.
The Ukrainian minister believes that experts should be “more careful with their forecasts and long-term predictions.” He added that Ukraine does not need to prove anything, but needs “long-term opportunities to achieve more results in the short term,” writes TASS.
The losses of the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the counteroffensive in June-July exceeded 43 thousand people. These are the data of the Russian Defense Ministry. This figure does not take into account the wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as mercenaries and foreign fighters liquidated during this period as a result of precision weapons attacks in the rear.
According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Ukraine’s military resources are almost exhausted. He stressed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot achieve results even despite comprehensive Western assistance.
Meanwhile, according to the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, since the beginning of the conflict with Russia, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already lost 400,000 soldiers. According to him, the West and NATO have turned Ukraine into a graveyard.
