The price of last year's offensive: the Armed Forces in 2024 will be limited by tactical success - General

According to Douglas Luta, Ukrainian defenders will need to keep the defense line, as well as wait for a decision on American assistance. You can then plan future offensive operations. Ukraine's offensive opportunities in 2024 can only be limited to tactical achievements. This is due to the Counfield of the Armed Forces, which allegedly failed. This was stated by the Lieutenant of the US Army retired and a former US permanent representative in NATO Douglas Lut in an interview with Voice of America.

According to him, last year's offensive potential of Ukrainian defenders was allegedly situational and had a fragmentary approach. It cannot call it a full -fledged general military operation, because everything was "collected on the go in just a few weeks of study. " "So, what we learned, I think, as a result of a counter -offensive last year, this is what you can't do it quickly and cheaply. So I hope we have learned this lesson," said Douglas Lut.

There are several aspects that allow Ukraine to be in a better position this year. First of all, in his opinion, the Armed Forces should hold the defense line. It is also hoped that the United States will still allocate $ 60 billion assistance that will be spent on creating an offensive potential in the future, as well as for a long range for strokes on the enemy. He does not expect special success this year. "I think that Ukraine's offensive opportunities are limited only by tactical achievements.

This is a relatively insignificant increase in the converted territories this year. And this is partly due to the very high price that Ukraine paid for last year's counter -offensive. In addition, Russian defense is not easy to punch. It requires purposeful construction The connection, as I described. At the same time, I do not believe that the Russians have considerable offensive potential, " - summed up Douglas Lut.