Airplanes would significantly change the situation: a Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter spoke about Russian assaults in the Kharkov region

Airplanes would significantly change the situation: a Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter spoke about Russian assaults in the Kharkov region Dzvenislava Moshovskaya

Russia does not stop attacking the Kharkov region. Despite significant losses of personnel and military equipment, the occupiers are trying to achieve success, but in vain.

National security expert , Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman Ivan Varchenko told Channel 24 that the Russians in the Kharkov region failed their operation. At the geopolitical level, this offensive was strategically important for the enemy, because their goal was to expand the front of Ukraine by almost one and a half times.

War of attrition

According to Ivan Varchenko, the enemy, by attacking the Kharkov region, wanted to demonstrate to the world Russia's ability to work in a war of attrition.

They failed – they failed the offensive in the first days, when the Defense Forces stopped the advance of the Russians in the near borderlands. They switched to a “deaf” defense, trying to hold their positions, he noted.

Now the enemy is forced to retreat, losing a significant part of its personnel. Many occupiers are surrounded and then captured.

“In the Kharkov region, the enemy’s operation demonstrated the opposite result from the plan,” said the national security expert.

Eastern Front

The Eastern Front remains the main one for the Russians, where they are trying to move on all sections of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, moving towards Zaporozhye and the Kherson region.

They take advantage of the slowness of the Ukrainian partners, in particular the absence of F-16s in the sky over Ukraine. These aircraft would significantly change the situation associated with the Russian offensive and would make the defense more effective and less debilitating for Ukrainian fighters,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman emphasized.

The Russians are trying to realize their advantage, in particular in manpower and the number of artillery shells. The enemy understands that such advantages quickly end, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the opportunity to use more ammunition per day, thanks to supplies from partners.

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