Scattered all over the front: US officials criticize the Armed Forces Strategy in the South - NYT
About it writes The New York Times. As one unnamed American official told reporters, only a change of tactics and a sharp step can change the pace of counter -offensive. It is reported that his point of view is supported by at least half a dozen of high -ranking Western politicians. Another source reported that Ukraine's defense forces are too scattered and they need to consolidate their fighting power in one place.
According to journalists, during a videoconference on August 10, which was attended by the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Chiefs of Staff USA Mark Millie, his colleague from the United Kingdom Tony Radakin, Chief Commander of the USA in Europe in Europe Christopher Cavoli and Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny On the counter -offensive of Ukraine. Zaluzhny was asked to concentrate troops on one main front of the front - in the Melitopol direction.
The publication writes that, according to rumors, the Ukrainian general agreed. American officials say that there are signs that Ukraine has begun to throw some of its most experienced fighting forces from east to south. But even the most experienced units have been repeatedly regulated after heavy losses. These units are entrusted to reduce the state of senior commanders. Some platoons are mainly equipped with soldiers who were injured and returned.
It is reported that in the last few days the forces of Ukraine's defense have been able to break through at least one level of Russian defense in the south. Liberation from the occupants of the village of Rogne will be a good sign. But some analysts say progress can be too small and too late. Fighting occurs mainly on a plain, harsh terrain that contributes to those who defend. The Russians fight in fortified positions.
On the other hand, according to journalists, the Ukrainian military command protects its strategy. According to them, a large number of troops in the East are needed to put pressure on Russians in Bakhmut, as well as to protect other territories. Ukrainian commanders are often criticized by US commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through the prism of generations of officers who have never encountered a war of such scale and intensity.
Moreover, according to the publication, the US military doctrine was never checked in such conditions in which Ukraine is fighting, where the Russian electronic war blocks the connection and GPS, and no army was able to achieve preference in the air. American officials have stated that Ukraine has from a month to six weeks before rainy conditions will be forced to suspend a counter -offensive. Already in August, Ukraine postponed at least one offensive due to rain.
We will remind that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov stated that the war will last a long time and with "great losses". During the first year of the war, Ukrainians needed weapons to stop the promotion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Now, other means of the war are needed over the years of war, this is not the latest military equipment from the West.