In the United States, Russia's actions in Ukraine were revealed: «They have begun a breakthrough»

Ritter: Russia is breaking through the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot replace the dead military

Photo: video frame from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Former US Army intelligence officer Scott Ritter in an interview with the U.S. YouTube channel. Tour of Duty analyzed the events of recent months in the area of ​​the special military operation.

“First, the Russians went on the defensive and crushed the Ukrainian personnel,” he said, noting that by doing so the Russian Armed Forces created a shortage of manpower in Ukrainian units.

According to a former American military man, this allowed the Russian army to switch to active defense and begin to put pressure on the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front.

The expert called all this part of the global Russian strategy, which consists The point is to absorb the blow, destroy the enemy's advanced forces, and then begin a breakthrough.

“They crack this nut and advance,” he said about the actions of the Russian military in the areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defensive fortifications.