According to the Pentagon, there are several reasons for this.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that Russian troops have not made the desired progress in Donbass and southern Ukraine and have met with fierce resistance from Ukrainians at every turn, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“All I can tell you is that the Russians have not made the progress in the Donbas and the south that we think they wanted to achieve. We think they are behind schedule; we think the process is slow. And at every turn, they met with strong Ukrainian resistance. What we are focusing on is to keep this resistance as strong as possible, “Kirby said.
According to the Pentagon, there are several reasons for this. “They vary from place to place, but in general we think that they have not solved their problems with logistics and support,” the spokesman said.
According to him, another important reason is the resistance of Ukrainians.
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Kirby stressed: “This is a territory they have been fighting for for eight years, and for Ukrainians it is their home. They know it. And they know where to be. And they know what to do.”
He He noted that the weather also has an effect.
“This is a” dirty “season in Ukraine. This part of Ukraine is flat, with a lot of farmland. And it also slowed down the Russians a little bit, “Kirby said.
It is noted that Russia has not yet overcome the problems of leadership and cohesion of units, which have faced before.
However, Kirby said that Russia has a lot of strength and firepower.
” There is still a lot of strength to continue this struggle. And that is why, and we have been saying this all the time, it could end in a protracted battle in Donbass, “he said. to make sure they can give Ukraine the tools and weapons they need and how to use them.
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Recall that on April 27, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not mind if Ukraine used it weapons against targets in Russia. He noted that our state has the right to defend itself. And the first to publicly support this thesis was the Minister of the Armed Forces United Kingdom James Hippie. He stressed that weapons from the West even have the necessary range. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Ukraine has the right to do whatever it takes to defend its land.
What foreign experts predict – read in the material of Tatiana Silina “Battle for Donbas: why Putin should lose” for ZN. UA.
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