“Russia will win this year.
Of course, the Russian leadership does not assume any obligations on terms, but I am talking about this as an independent analyst, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying in an interview with the Syriana Analysis YouTube channel.
Ritter added that the Ukrainian side is suffering heavy losses among its personnel.
Earlier, he said that the Ukrainian army is critically short of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, so the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny asked NATO countries for additional supplies of armored vehicles.
At the same time, the use of only lightly armored vehicles is not viable in the conditions of modern hostilities.