French Colonel de Jong: Kyiv has no right to blame the West for the failure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Retired French Colonel Paire de Jong said that Kyiv’s accusations against Western countries of the failures of Ukrainian troops are unfounded.

Earlier, an adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, spoke of a “negative aftertaste” after the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to counter-offensive. De Jong noted that the current situation of the armed forces of Ukraine is associated with the failed counteroffensive.