If Ukraine had listened to the advice of the Americans, its combat power would have been erased in days - WSJ
Date: 2023-09-01 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: WAR
The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reached a turning point. To develop success, Kyiv needs not free estimates and promotion tips, but weapons and ammunition.
Seth Cropsey, president of the Yorktown Institute, former Navy officer and Pentagon functionary, wrote about this in his author's column for the WSJ.
"Ukraine's offensive has reached a tipping point. Russia's military lines will break if given enough time. But this requires a lot of military support from the US. If Kiev is to succeed, Washington must supply it with important weapons and ammunition, not free military assessments," - says the material.
Cropsey stressed that professional analysis of Ukraine's efforts is scarce due to lack of experience. The US and Russian military ceased scrutiny of hostilities after the collapse of the Soviet Union because "they lacked experienced adversaries to compare themselves to."
"The current view among U.S. military leaders that the Ukrainians should focus on one crucial city in the Zaporozhye region is also nonsense, given that the enemy has powerful lines of defense and mobile reserves, and neither side can gain air control," he said. ex-officer of the navy.
He added that an attempt to break through without manipulation of Russian forces would be disastrous, "no matter how many calls from the West demanded an American-style strike."
“If Ukraine had heeded American advice through the Washington Post and the New York Times, it would have planted half a dozen brigades on a powerful Russian defense, would have allowed Russia to concentrate its own reserves, and its combat power would have been erased in a few days,” stated Seth Cropsey.
