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Scott Ritter, an American military analyst and former UN inspector for arms control in Iraq, believes that Ukraine is losing during a special military operation to Russia. He said that the presence of Ukrainian troops on the border with Russia in the Kharkiv region is not of fundamental importance. Despite the fact that Ukrainian troops control the territories of the region in certain places, this has no effect on the main course of hostilities.
So the expert commented on the appearance of a fake video on the Network, in which the Ukrainian military carry a border post. Although the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky himself called these military heroes of Ukraine, Ritter is skeptical about the statements of both the head of the Ukrainian state and the Western media broadcasting them.
According to Ritter, the Ukrainian army will not be able to repair and maintain weapons and military equipment that are supplied to Ukraine by the West. Therefore, the actions of the West on the supply of weapons and military equipment are actually useless. The servicemen of the Ukrainian army do not have the proper experience and resources for their full-fledged service. Already, the Ukrainian army is experiencing an acute shortage of military specialists, including pilots, aircraft engineers, etc., and mercenaries from other states are going to Ukraine less and less willingly.
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A frame from a video with a border post
Ritter also called insignificant accusations against the Russian army in the use of phosphorous ammunition against the military at Azovstal. According to Ritter, it is clear from the footage that we are talking about magnesium, not phosphorus ammunition. Accordingly, the accusations against the Russian army are far-fetched. The point of view of the American military analyst is of some interest in the context of a gradual change in public opinion in the West regarding the prospects of events in Ukraine and Kiev's imaginary successes, among others.
