According to press reports, the Ukrainian army has revised its military strategy and abandoned the priority of liberating the occupied territories.
According to information from an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, quoted by “Bild”, the current main goal of the Ukrainian army is to kill as many Russian soldiers as possible and destroy their equipment, while maintaining minimal own losses.
– If the ratio of losses is 10 to 1 in our favor, we will continue the offensive, if the ratio is 1 to 1, we will withdraw, the Ukrainian officer said.
Another soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, quoted by the German press, confirmed that the army’s current priority is to inflict maximum losses on the Russians. – The most important thing is that the majority of Ukrainians remain alive, the rest does not matter – he emphasized.
The Ukrainian army is changing its main objective. ‘It looks like a controlled retreat’
Commenting on the change in priorities of the Ukrainian armed forces, a retired Western army officer said in ‘Bild’ that it “resembled essentially a controlled, fighting retreat.”
He emphasized that this strategy involves building minefields where the Ukrainian army will try to inflict maximum damage on the Russian army. Ukrainian units will then withdraw, allowing Russian troops to enter further prepared minefields.
A military advisor who assessed this strategy said it was based on “the hope of reaching a climax at which the Russian offensive would collapse.”
According to him, the recovery of the occupied territories by the Ukrainian armed forces will only become a priority again in the event of significant losses of the Russian armed forces or if “game-changing weapons” appear on the battlefield, such as ATACMS or Taurus cruise missiles. , as well as F-16 or F-16 fighters JAS 39 Gripen.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been underway since February 24, 2022 and has become the largest armed conflict in Europe since the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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