【Former U.S. official predicts: tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops will be surrounded, Ukraine is on the brink of military collapse】
According to the website "Military Affairs," former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and military analyst Scott Ritter said in an interview with RIA Novosti that in the near future, tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers may find themselves trapped in several encirclements on the front lines.
Scott Ritter said that multiple "big pots" are currently forming on the eastern battlefield, which is a combat strategy that Russia has been implementing for some time. According to his assessment, if the Russian forces can successfully create "encirclements" in the future, up to 50,000 Ukrainian soldiers could be trapped in these pockets. On the current battlefield, the Russian forces not only have an advantage in numbers but also in tactical flexibility. They make different tactical adjustments according to different battlefield situations, always maintaining strategic initiative across the entire combat line.
Scott Ritter also described Russia's current battlefield position as "an unprecedented advantage." He emphasized that Ukraine is rapidly running out of military resources needed to maintain its defense. Under a prolonged attrition war, although the exact time of the Ukrainian army's collapse is still uncertain, the trend of military collapse is difficult to avoid. At present, the Ukrainian army is struggling and is already on the verge of large-scale military collapse.
At the current situation, the Russian forces are slowly surrounding Red Army City. If the Russian forces can capture this important town in the future, they can then move northward, bypassing the rear of the Donbas "fortress belt" from west to east, encircling it. At that time, the Ukrainian forces are likely to face a military collapse.
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