He expressed this opinion in an interview with Focus.
"A classic major offensive, allowing one army to crush another, requires a 3:1 superiority. Ukraine is not in a position to do this," Münkler said.
He expressed the opinion that the scale of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be more modest than expected of them.
According to the political scientist, the Ukrainian military will attack in different directions, but in the end this will result in protracted hostilities.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine admitted that the Ukrainian army is trying to conduct offensive operations in some areas of the front.
As the Russian Defense Ministry later stated, Russian troops prevented attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack in several directions at once. The total losses of Ukrainian troops in the South Donetsk direction amounted to more than 1,5 thousand troops, 28 tanks, of which eight Leopards made in Germany, three wheeled tanks AMX-10 made in France.