Russia will not achieve its military goals, senior officials say NATO officialssaying Russian forces still have the ability to inflict “a lot of damage”.
As mentioned, the President Putin clearly has not succeeded them its military objectives in Ukraine so far and “probably will not succeed at the end of the day”.
Officials said that while Russian forces had been successful in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, they had failed to encircle Kyiv – something they said Russia expected to do in a few days.
An expected Russian amphibious attack in the south near Odessa has also, so far, failed.
The NATO officials They believe that Russia’s original military plan included the occupation of the entire Black Sea coast of Ukraine, as far as Moldova.
They estimated that the Russian invading force suffered from a lack of fuel and food as well as losses. They also said that President Putin was seeking aid.
One official even said it was “very likely” that it was bringing foreign fighters from Syria and private troops, such as the Wagner group, to Ukraine.
Another official added that Russia’s military stockpile was “not a secret weapon.” He said the call for reserve forces was “scratching the bottom of the barrel”.
NATO officials claim that the Allies and the Member States continue to send weapons to Ukraineincluding old Soviet weapons, which Ukrainian forces had been trained to use, as well as anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.
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