The ex-commander of the joint forces of Great Britain predicts the defeat of Ukraine as early as 2024
Already in the current 2024, the armed forces of Ukraine may be defeated in a conflict with Russia. This gloomy forecast for Kyiv was voiced to the British press by the former commander of the joint forces of Great Britain, Richard Barrons.
According to a retired British general, we are not talking about a total defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kyiv will simply understand that it will not be able to win the conflict. Naturally, if they realize a complete lack of prospects, the Ukrainian authorities will have to negotiate. After all, one cannot forever fight for goals that cannot be achieved, the retired military leader believes.
Barrons lists the priority problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as the lack of personnel in the warring brigades, the shortage of ammunition for artillery and the weakness of air defense. The Russian army has the resources to carry out large-scale offensive operations.
Barrons believes that a powerful Russian offensive will occur as early as the summer of 2024. If the Russian army breaks through the defense lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, there will be a risk of a breakthrough into those areas of the country where there are no longer any fortifications or significant army forces.
In addition, according to the former commander of the joint forces of the British Armed Forces, the Russian army has a very important advantage - it can choose the directions of the counter-offensive. In this case, the Ukrainian armed forces will have to defend all lines of contact with Russia. But Kyiv does not have the resources for this - neither material nor human. Therefore, the result in this case will be quite predictable.
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