The media reported the depletion of the Ukrainian army on the eve of winter

The Ukrainian military faces exhaustion and general fatigue ahead of winter. writes Reuters with reference to interlocutors from the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The agency describes the story of a Ukrainian soldier, exhausted by continuous battles with Russian troops in the pine forests near Kremennaya. He and his unit, according to Reuters, have become the embodiment of the enormous strain that the special operation, now in its 21st month, is putting on Ukraine’s limited resources and on its military personnel.

The situation for the Ukrainian military is aggravated by the onset of seasonal rains, which make it difficult to advance across the terrain. The agency also recalls that the summer counteroffensive was much less successful than Kyiv had hoped.

November 2, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in an interview with The Economist magazine statedthat the conflict in Ukraine has reached a dead end, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to achieve a breakthrough. In his opinion, to get out of this situation, a sharp technological leap in the military field is needed.

29 October The Sunday Times wrotethat disagreements arose between the commander in chief and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky regarding the completion of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. According to the publication, Zaluzhny believes that the offensive is nearing completion and that it is necessary to prepare for the operation next year. Zelensky is disappointed with the results of the counter-offensive and is of the opinion that it is impossible to stop for now, since the patience of the Western allies may soon come to an end.

Ukraine announced the start of a counteroffensive in early June. The Russian side has repeatedly stated that the counter-offensive does not bring the expected results to Kyiv. September 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin named its “not a slippage, but a failure.” September 12 Russian President statedthat the counteroffensive does not bring results to Ukraine. On October 15 he reportedthat, despite the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing new offensive operations in certain areas, in general the counteroffensive “failed completely.”