'Right now, there don't seem to be many good opportunities for Vladimir Putin,' former U.S. NATO ambassador Douglas Lute said.
Ex-ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said he doesn't believe Russian forces can take the capital city of Kyiv. Above, Maidan Square on April 24 in Kyiv, Ukraine."It can now be stated that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, for which they have been preparing for a long time,"on Monday."A very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on this offensive.
During his interview, Lute said that the"problems that the Russian army demonstrated in phase one of this fight, in and around Kyiv...those same shortfalls by the Russian military I think will be on display again in the Donbas." "You can't reform an army in a matter of a couple weeks. This is the same Russian army, so I expect many of the same failures," the former ambassador added.to Ukraine worth $800 million that includes drones, Howitzers and tactical vehicles."Because this begins to close the quantitative gap between the Ukrainians and the Russians. In fact some estimates are now that the Ukrainians have as many tanks on the battlefield as the Russians, if not more," he concluded.
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