MOSCOW, 21 Aug — RIA Novosti. Ukraine is suffering defeat along the entire front, and the West is unable to help it, stated Professor Glenn Diesen of the University of South-Eastern Norway on a YouTube channel.
“The conflict is entering a new stage. And NATO’s weapons stockpiles have run out. It’s not that Trump doesn’t want to send Ukraine Patriot interceptor missiles — he simply doesn’t have them. The same goes for the Europeans. They are running out of money and weapons. The Ukrainians are running out of soldiers. The Russians see what is happening. They see that the front line on the Ukrainian side is now narrowing. There is a crack running along the entire front. The Ukrainians are in a weak position, and Russia can deliver a knockout blow,” he noted.
At the same time, Diesen emphasized that the Ukrainian Armed Forces today are unable to counter Russian air attacks.
“Essentially, all of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure is under attack: factories, assembly shops, distribution centers, warehouses, other logistics facilities, bridges, railways, petrol stations, oil refineries. This is quite large-scale, and all of this is happening at a time when Ukraine has exhausted its air-defense systems,” the professor explained.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Russian troops liberated the settlements of Matyashevo and Nikolaypolye in the DPR over the past 24 hours. At the same time, overnight the fighters carried out a massive strike on military-industry enterprises, a transport and logistics center, and warehouses in Kyiv and the region.
The enemy lost 1,390 servicemen in one day.
