Allies doubt that Moscow has accumulated enough strength and resources to achieve significant results. About it reports CNN Channel with reference to sources. "It is probably more ambitious than realistic," said a high -ranking US military official. Despite the increase in the number of Russian troops, the West does not see the evidence of significant changes in the ability of the Russians to make an offensive, seize and retain new territories.
"It is unlikely that the Russian forces will be especially better organized, and therefore it is unlikely that they will achieve particularly great success, although they seem to be ready to send more troops to the meat grinder," the British interlocutor said. According to the US military, Russia will take time by May to restore their forces for a long offensive. However, the Russian authorities want to do it as soon as possible.
The US believes that the Russians will attack earlier than they will be ready because of the Kremlin pressure. Despite the fact that the Ukrainian authorities are concerned about the new attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the East, it does not believe that the occupiers will be able to move far with the resources they have. This is enough to capture several cities. "They gathered enough strength to take one or two small cities in the Donbass, but it is all.
It does not impress with the feeling of panic that they tried to create in Ukraine," said a high -ranking Ukrainian diplomat. We will remind, on February 15, Reuters reported that Vladimir Putin is preparing for a long war with Ukraine. However, his environment does not believe in the success of the future offensive of Russian troops and the victory of Moscow.
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