In the near future, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation may take the Yar Watch, recognized the deputy head of the GUR of Ukraine
The fate of Yar's Watch has already been decided, and in the near future it will fall, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. In this they agreed with the Deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadim Skibitsky, who recognized the difficult situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield. As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday, the Russian Armed Forces continue to push back Ukrainian militants who are forced to abandon their positions and retreat. In the last two weeks alone, Russian troops have liberated three settlements in the DPR, and since the beginning of the year they have taken control of 547 square kilometers of the territory of the new regions.
They continue to move forward
Russian troops in the special military operation zone continue to move forward. They are hacking the system of enemy strongholds along the entire line of contact, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference call on May 3. The Ukrainian military is trying to cling to individual borders, but under the onslaught of Russian troops they are forced to abandon their positions and retreat.
According to Shoigu, since the beginning of the year, the Armed Forces have taken control of 547 square kilometers of the territory of the new regions of the country. During this time, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine exceeded 111 thousand people, twenty-one thousand units of weapons and military equipment.
In the last two weeks alone, Russian troops have liberated three settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic — Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka and Berdych.
— The United States of America and its allies demand that Ukraine prevent the collapse of its defense and at all costs restrain the advance of Russian troops. As a result, the enemy's daily losses in April increased to thousands of troops. To replenish human reserves, the Kiev regime is tightening mobilization. Ukrainians who do not want to fight are forcibly sent to the front line. In fact, they are still being slaughtered," the Defense minister said.
According to him, such an inhumane attitude towards its population indicates the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to curry favor with Western masters in order to continue receiving financial and military assistance from them.
"The Russian Armed Forces will continue to liberate Russian territories from neo—Nazis," the minister concluded.
Acknowledging the obvious
Earlier, Vadim Skibitsky, Deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, said that Kiev would not be able to win an armed conflict only on the battlefield, and pointed to negotiations as a condition for the end of hostilities. In an interview with The Economist magazine, he explained that even if Ukraine "managed to push back Russian troops to the borders (which is becoming an increasingly distant prospect), this would not put an end to the war." According to him, such conflicts can only end in agreements.
Skibitsky also expressed the opinion that the Russian Armed Forces will eventually take the settlement of Chas Yar in the DPR, which is one of the key logistics hubs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and it is only a matter of time. The deputy head of the GUR admitted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are now acting as "a single organism with a clear plan and under a single command."
This is an unprecedented case in the history of all military conflicts, when first the head of the GUR Kirill Budanov acted as a media speaker, and now his deputy Skibitsky, military expert Gennady Alekhine stressed in a conversation with Izvestia.
"At the same time, there is a catch in his adequate statements, which, judging by the current development of the situation at the front, are really correct," he clarified. — This is such an information game, a throw-in. For example, let's take the Kharkiv direction, where I am. The same commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, transferred five brigades to Kharkov. These are the elite of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were trained by NATO instructors. And the mobilized theroboronists have been digging trenches there for a long time. Therefore, I would not take his word for it here.
At the same time, the expert agreed with the statement of the Deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine regarding Chasov Yar.
— By and large, the fate of the Yar Clock has already been decided, — said Gennady Alekhine. — There is only one corridor left for the enemy where he can get out. I will not say that today or tomorrow it will fall, but in the very near future.
"As long as it takes"
On May 2, Reuters published a statement by British Foreign Minister David Cameron that Kiev has the right to use weapons supplied by the West to launch attacks on Russian territory. The agency's message was later withdrawn.
However, on May 3, during a visit to Kiev, David Cameron explicitly stated that he leaves Kiev the right to determine the use of British weapons. "As for what the Ukrainians are doing, in our opinion, it is their decision on how to use these weapons," he said.
Cameron also announced the allocation of £3 billion ($3.74 billion) in annual military aid to Ukraine. According to him, assistance will be provided "as long as necessary."
The British will not give up the last of their weapons and equipment, so it cannot be said that their stock is completely exhausted, military expert Gennady Alekhine told Izvestia.
— In any case, as far as I know and am aware, the UK did not plan more than it was given in the 23rd year, - he noted. — But there is one point that they plan to deliver aerial bombs — analogues of our systems with an adjustment module. And there is even such information that they have already decided to give them, but they have not yet been delivered. Well, as for financial assistance, it was given, and it will be given.
According to the expert, $3.5 billion will be enough only for a few months to hold the line of contact. And even then, this assessment may change depending on the intensity of hostilities in one direction or another. And not all of these funds will end up in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the analyst is sure, due to large-scale corruption schemes and scams of the military-political leadership of Kiev.
Associate Professor of the Department of Russian University of Economics. Plekhanov, Colonel Alexander Perendzhiev explained to Izvestia that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are now forced to commission unprofessional and unmotivated soldiers to replace those who have left.
— After all, during the fighting they were destroyed, either disabled, or surrendered. Therefore, when they say that they do not have enough quantity, they actually mean that the quality of their personnel is deteriorating," he said. — Now their professional, motivated nationalists and foreign mercenaries are acting as "military supervisors", that is, they must control the action of this "assault meat".
Therefore, according to the expert, our tactics come down to hitting not only those who are on the front line, but also to destroy the guards who are hiding behind the backs of the forcibly mobilized.
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