He noted that currently the Russian occupiers do not have the strength and means to do this.
The Russian occupiers will not dare to launch a repeat campaign to capture or encircle Kharkov.
This opinion was expressed by retired US Army officer Ben Hodges, who served as commander of the US Army in Europe, in an interview with Sestry. “I see no evidence of this. When you look at what they are doing now – wasting human lives because they don’t care about their own losses – these are endless frontal attacks, poorly prepared and organized, which try to break the Ukrainian defenders. And they fail.” , – stated Hodges.
He added that the problem is that the Russians will continue to throw unlucky conscripts into the meat grinder. “But I don’t see that they have such an opportunity. At least for now,” the military man noted and added that he cannot say that they will not try to do this, since the Kremlin is looking for some kind of victory.
He explained that he does not yet see that the Okuants have large armored forces that could be used to encircle or capture Kharkov. “But if they have the powers to do that, they’ve done a good job of hiding them, because I can’t see them now. But I don’t have access to classified intelligence, like what satellites see. But I would trust General Zaluzhny, Ukrainian General Staff, they have the opportunity to find out whether there is a significant threat to Kharkov,” Hodges said.
Probable attack on Kharkov
On January 9, the head of the public relations service of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vladimir Fityo, said that for a new attack on Kharkov, the Russian invaders need to carry out a large number of preparatory measures until the military records such preparations.
And before that, The Telegraph newspaper, citing a source associated with the Ukrainian army, reported on preparations for a Russian offensive on Kharkov. Journalists reported that Ukraine regards the constant shelling of Kharkov from various weapons as preparation for a large-scale offensive. According to them, the occupiers may launch an offensive on January 15.
