Ukraine was forced to expend some of their most well-trained soldiers and advanced technology in a failed effort to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant, highlighted former US Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter.
“A NATO-created, trained, equipped, and directed force of not just Ukrainians but Polish, French, Americans, and British has invaded Russia,” said the former UN weapons inspector, who recently faced political persecution in the US.
“This is how you trigger nuclear war.”
“Now, fortunately, the Russians aren’t panicking. The incursion has been contained. Ritter emphasised that they have not only contained the incursion but also blunted it.
Ritter noted that Moscow quickly responded to the attack, taking the opportunity to destroy Ukrainian supply lines running from the Sumy region.
Russia has also neutralised some of the regime’s most well-trained troops and high-tech NATO weaponry, such as a British Challenger tank, US M1 Abrams tanks, and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. The ongoing conflict against the Western client state has served as a showcase for Russian defence technology, which has fared well against Ukraine’s dwindling supplies of expensive NATO weaponry.
The analyst claimed Ukraine’s repeated intransigence would force Moscow to liberate more territory, noting Russia’s repeated attempts to reach a diplomatic solution with Kiev both before and after it launched its special military operation in early 2022.
“Ukraine is going to lose another 30 percent or more of its territory when this is done because Russia has basically determined that Ukraine can’t be trusted, the West can’t be trusted, and Russia can never believe in the notion of a Ukraine willing to live in peace with its Russian neighbour,” Ritter stressed.
“So, Russia is going to destroy Ukraine. And, sadly, that is probably the way this war is going to end,” the analyst concluded.
