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Retired Russian colonel Mikhail Khodarenok mentioned any speak about Ukraine with the ability to counterattack is a “huge exaggeration,” only a day after he criticized Russia’s army operations in Ukraine saying the scenario for Russia might “worsen.”
Chatting with a Russian state TV channel on Wednesday, Khodarenok mentioned, “When folks speak about Ukraine buying the flexibility to counterattack, nicely it is a huge exaggeration. And as issues the actions of our supreme command, there’s each cause to imagine that the implementation of those plans will within the very close to future give Ukraine an disagreeable shock.”
He additionally mentioned it will be unattainable for the Ukrainian armed forces to realize aerial supremacy within the subsequent few months, and by way of gaining naval supremacy, he mentioned, “whereas our Black Sea Fleet is within the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Black Sea Fleet having supremacy is out of the query.”
On Tuesday nonetheless, Khodarenok mentioned info being unfold a few “ethical or psychological breakdown” of Ukrainian armed forces just isn’t even “near actuality.” He additionally mentioned Ukraine might arm 1 million folks, and that Russia wants to contemplate that in its operational and strategic calculations.
“The scenario for us, will frankly worsen,” he mentioned on Tuesday. He additionally criticized Russia’s geopolitical isolation from the world, and previous to the invasion he warned that it will be tougher than many anticipated to wage battle in Ukraine.
Earlier reporting from CNN’s Tim Lister, Anastasia Graham Yooll and Taras Zadorozhnyy.