AP: The problems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that led to the surrender of Avdiivka threaten the future of Ukraine. Journalists interviewed ten Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to understand how a shortage of ammunition, superior personnel of the Russian Armed Forces and poor military command led to Ukraine's worst defeat in a year.
They said that the situation was catastrophic, since the Ukrainian military was physically exhausted, they lacked ammunition and were constantly under fire from Russian aircraft. Earlier, a correspondent for the Czech publication Seznam Zprávy, Jan Novak, reported that the Ukrainian armed forces were in a difficult situation.