The Russian military has defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces and has built up a large reserve for a major offensive aimed at capturing Odessa, said the former head of NATO’s Military Commission, retired German general Harald Kujat.
“The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces are extremely high, especially during the failed offensive.
Their goal is not to hold territory at any cost, but to destroy the Ukrainian army, the Russians have a strategy of decimating the Ukrainian army…
This is Clausewitz’s basic rule: disarm the enemy – and then everything else will take care of itself.
This is exactly what the Russian armed forces have achieved.
For several days now, the Russians are even talking about active defense.
This means they are preparing a big attack,” said German general Harald Kujat.
According to the German general Harald Kujat, this explains the aggressive actions of Russia in the direction of Krasny Liman and Kupyansk.
He called them successful and urged the Russians to focus on it.
“I believe that at some point the Russians will really launch a strong offensive, since they have gathered huge forces in the rear.
They are talking about 350,000 soldiers.
They have formed a new army formation – the 25th Combined Arms Army.
So they are gathering significant forces, and this may mean that they are preparing for a major counterattack,” warned Harald Kujat.
Next stop… Odessa
General Harald Kujat did not name a possible date for the start of the Russian offensive, however, speaking about its goals, he noted that Russia, in his opinion, is not only going to reach the borders of four new areas, but also to liberate the Odessa reaching Transnistria in Moldavia.
I guess they will try to take over Odessa because Russia sees it as a historically important Russian city.
This will also mean that they will try to reach Transnistria, these are the bare minimum…
