MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have no chance to deter the Russian offensive on Kurakhovo, former commander of the Polish Land Forces Waldemar Skrzypczak told the WirtualnaPolska.pl news outlet.
"The Russians are breaking through the [Ukrainian] defense in this area, and there is no chance that the Ukrainians will manage to contain the pressure of the Russian army," he said.
According to the general, "it is clear that the Russians have the potential to break through the Ukrainian defenses in several areas simultaneously." "And this will be catastrophic," the former Polish defense official emphasized. "The breach of the defenses in this area will give the Russians freedom of maneuver, because after this terrain the Ukrainians have no prepared fortifications, no troops to repel the latest Russian offensive," Skrzypczak concluded.