British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace believes that in the war against Ukraine, the Russian Federation is failing in "

“At the moment, the Russians are failing on the ground in many areas. Putin's plans A, B and C have failed, and he may turn his attention to plan D,"

According to him, Russian forces in Ukraine are in a "

He said that "

In his opinion, the Russian Federation is “certainly not capable of occupying Ukraine”.

“They may continue to kill indiscriminately and destroy everything in their path, but this is not a victory,” said the British Minister.

“Putin has not changed his desire to occupy all of Ukraine, take Kyiv and Odessa. But his army was actually crippled by huge losses.. More than 25 thousand dead. Perhaps twice as many wounded,” the minister said..

According to Wallace, Putin sends his soldiers to the meat grinder without worrying too much about the result..

He said longer-range Western weapons being received by Ukraine "

According to the head of the British Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian attack on the bridges, which affected the ability to resupply Russian troops in Kherson, put the occupiers "

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Formerly former commander of US forces in Europe, General Ben Hodges, said that Ukrainian defenders will be able to push Russian troops back to the line on February 23 before the end of this year.. However, for this it is important to establish a rapid supply of weapons..