The current war situation is very unfavorable for Ukraine, according to Arestovych, a former adviser to Zelensky's office, there has been a situation of battlefield disobedience by 6 combat battalions of the Ukrainian army on the battlefield, and the Ukrainian army has begun to have defensive loopholes.
In order to reduce losses, the Ukrainian command had to make a decision on a strategic retreat from 4 fortresses.
Arestovych, in response to a question from Ukrainian journalist Lovanov on June 27, gave a rare glimpse of the current predicament facing Ukraine. Arestovych bluntly said that Ukrainian soldiers are gradually losing loyalty, and such a thing is not an isolated case, but a situation in which the entire Ukrainian army of the entire formation is passively sluggish.
Russian media said that the Ukrainian army's battlefield disobedience in Arestovych's mouth should refer to the Bakhmut theater, where the Russian army has now made a major breakthrough.
According to a report by AFP on the 6th and 27th, the situation of the Ukrainian army here has become extremely difficult due to the Russian army's increased air raids on the Toretsk region. Since Toretsk is only 40 kilometers away from the city of Donetsk, once the Russian army cuts off this Ukrainian defensive fortress, it will pose a great threat to the city of Donetsk.
After the fierce offensive launched by the Russian army, long-range missiles and aerial bombs were continuously launched to carry out saturation coverage strikes, and a large number of Ukrainian positions have actually become scorched earth and cannot continue to defend at all. In the hot summer, although the Ukrainian army is still resisting stubbornly, some objective factors have caused a serious decline in the combat effectiveness of the Ukrainian army.
AFP described the situation of the Ukrainian defenders as very bad, with a serious shortage of weapons and equipment, and a lack of reserve troops to change defenses, and the Ukrainian defenders have long been overwhelmed.
A Ukrainian front-line officer in charge of the defense of the Toretsk region said very pessimistically: "The Russian army can use bombers and a large number of long-range missiles to carry out bombing, and before the Russian army is seen, more than half of the Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or wounded."
The Ukrainian officer said it would be more difficult to stop the Russian offensive with artillery opening the way and tank armor covering ground forces to carry out assaults. The Ukrainian army has not been able to rest for a long time, and the soldiers are nervous and on the verge of collapse, which gives the Russian army an opportunity.
It is reported that Russia can replenish at least 300,000 troops to the front line in 2024, and after the Russian army has sufficient troops to go to the front line, it can fully blossom on the entire Ukrainian front, and once the weak link in the Ukrainian army's defense is found, it will concentrate on the offensive to carry out strikes. At present, the Russian army has captured a large number of cities with very strong Ukrainian military fortifications, and the Russian army has used this as a base to accumulate a large number of troops, and then rush to the next battlefield non-stop.
Ukraine has already experienced a serious shortage of troops, coupled with the blatant disobedience of front-line soldiers, the Ukrainian army's defense system is already fragile. Kevlyuk, an expert from the Ukrainian National Defense Strategy Center, said that in the Donetsk region, the Russian army has pulled the front to hundreds of kilometers, and the Russian army has made full use of its artillery superiority to continuously lure out the Ukrainian army and eliminate it collectively.
According to Kevlyuk, the Ukrainian command no longer expects the defenders to be able to stop the offensive of the Russian army in all directions in Donetsk. The Ukrainian army is about to abandon two towns of Toretsk, Redman and two more Ukrainian settlements. For Ukraine, these are the four most important fortresses, but Ukraine cannot do anything about it.
If the Ukrainian army does not withdraw in time now, it will be completely wiped out on this front, and the Russian army is currently forming a new tactical strike group of up to 15,000 soldiers in the Bakhmut direction, aiming to fully capture the western battlefield of Bakhmut.
At present, Firashkin, the governor of the Ukrainian-controlled region of Donetsk Oblast, has begun to constantly call on the Ukrainian people to do a good job of evacuation, which means that a big war is about to begin.