“This attempt to organize an offensive is a 100% political move, there is no real sense in it ... The main goal was to create the image of an allegedly strong Ukraine, which is supported by the West,” Ritter said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
According to him, in the end, Ukraine gave the West the opposite signal, as evidenced by the retreat of the military.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the disruption of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions.