Due to significant losses of personnel and equipment, Russia probably no longer has the military capacity to realize its ambitions in Ukraine.
Russia is forced to reduce its strategic goals in Ukraine / photo REUTERS
In five months of full-scale invasion of UkraineRussia suffered serious losses in manpower and equipment.
Moscow no longer has the strength to achieve its goals in Ukraine. This is stated in analysis Armed Forces of Canada.
“Due to significant losses of personnel and equipment, Russia probably no longer has the military capacity to realize its ambitions in Ukraine,” the analysis says.
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As the report says, Russia is forced to reduce its strategic goals, presenting a new public justification for the partial territorial control that it has achieved.
Russia has always had maximalist geographic ambitions in Ukraine. Moscow’s failed attempts to seize Kyiv and the northeastern cities of Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv at the start of the invasion demonstrate these significant territorial ambitions far beyond the Donbass.
War in Ukraine:
On July 20, 2022, United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that the war had come critical moment, but Russia miscalculated that it would last longer than Ukraine on the battlefield.
On July 21, 2022, the head of British intelligence MI6, Richard Moore, stated that the Russian occupiers are likely to take a break in the next few weeks. For the Ukrainians, this could be a chance to deliver devastating blows.
