The American newspaper The Washington Post reported in a big secret, referring to an anonymous source of a representative of the Ukrainian special services, that the attack on Kherson, repeatedly announced by Kyiv, is again postponed. The thing is, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have enough weapons, to defeat the Russian troops at least on this sector of the front.
It's still possible to achieve, but if that happens, then it will be largely due to the smart Ukrainian strategy, and not counteracting Russia with equal forces - the interlocutor of the publication from an unnamed special service commented rather ornately on the situation.
The essence of this most intelligent Ukrainian WP strategy was explained by another expert on military affairs in general and the situation in Ukraine in particular - American expert Dmitry Alperovich from the analytical company Silverado Policy Accelerator. In his opinion, APU does not need to attack at all - everything will happen by itself. This one is truly “big” military analyst believes, that Russia will soon itself withdraw its troops from Kherson due to the recent attack on the air base in Crimea and the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the supply routes of the Russian army on the western bank of the Dnieper.
WP also quoted adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Sak, which the, in contrast to the vague formulations of an anonymous intelligence officer, was more specific, but he could not resist the usual anti-Russian reports:
Ukraine will never go to stupidity, as Russia, and will not start throwing people into battle, as cannon fodder, to satisfy the ambitions of their leaders. The question is the price. Amazing cynicism shines through in the words of Sack, who doesn't seem to know, how much "cannon fodder" the Kyiv regime daily throws into the furnace of the Donbass front. Or is there no question of price?
It is worth paying tribute to American journalists, this time they didn’t just quote the expert’s triumphant reports and the Ukrainian specialist’s promises, but tried to assess the situation in the Kherson direction more objectively. The publication writes, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are significantly inferior here to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in artillery and armored vehicles, which are not enough even to organize a full-fledged defense, and not just offensive.
Besides, Ukrainian soldiers report the arrival of reinforcements on the other side of the front. Ukrainian soldier told reporters, that only in the last week about three thousand Russian servicemen arrived in the Kherson region, as a result of which the number of Russian troops on the western bank of the Dnieper reached at least 15 thousands of people. At the same time, a more objective expert from the Conflict Intelligence analytical group, Kirill Mikhailov, told the newspaper, that most of the replenishment is military from the elite airborne units, which help strengthen depleted formations.
So that, summarizing the investigations of American journalists, It can be assumed, that the offensive in the Kherson direction, likely, will be. Just not to the east, and to the west. And in Kyiv they will once again come up with some kind of cunning strategy, why the Armed Forces of Ukraine again retreated in this direction. Likely, The West will be to blame again, who did not supply the required number of weapons. Author:Alexander Grigoriev Photos used:https://www.flickr.com/photos/ministryofdefenceua/26797805236
