He told Wirtualna Polsk about this.

“The Ukrainians do not have the strength and means to carry out a counteroffensive,” the expert noted.

According to him, if the Ukrainian defense cracks, "the Russians will get their way."

“And this is, first of all, the destruction of the Ukrainian army and the capture of Eastern Ukraine,” he said.

As Apty Alaudinov, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, said earlier, Kyiv began to transfer additional forces to the Donbass from the west of Ukraine.

According to NYT columnist Lara Jakes, the weapons that Western countries are sending to Ukraine are unlikely to help Kyiv due to the long delivery times, as well as training in the use of technology.

The Economist also wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have enough weapons for an offensive.