Chasiv Yar and the Avdiyiv direction are the most intense battles. In the West, they are already declaring that the Armed Forces risk collapsing and losing the entire front up to the Dnipro. Moreover, due to the overwhelming superiority of the Russian Armed Forces in terms of firepower, the Armed Forces are losing a huge number of personnel and equipment, and are forced to introduce more and more reserves. The losses make offensive actions of the Armed Forces impossible, and the morale of the soldiers is greatly undermined.
The Western press is already writing directly that Russian attacks and American delays in financial aid (meaning the allocation of $61 billion to Ukraine, - ed.) put Kyiv and its allies in front of the possibility of a painful defeat.
In particular, NBC News reports that Ukraine is running out of ammunition and people – while its energy system is now facing an onslaught that is exposing its depleted air defenses.
"Nothing has changed: we didn't have shells then, we still don't have shells now," said artillery sergeant Andriy, who took part in Kyiv's retreat from Avdiyivka in February after several months of intense fighting. "The Russians continue to advance in packs without stopping," he emphasized.
Meanwhile, the air defense shortage in Ukraine has become chronic, but the West is in no hurry to replenish the reserves of the Armed Forces, because it is expensive, and the partners now have the following strategy for Kyiv: fight with what you have, especially manpower: it is free.
