'Great Offensive' turned out to be a flop: the DIU predicts how long Russia will be able to wage war against Ukraine

Andriy Chernyak, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, said that the Russian occupiers' " great offensive", which they had been preparing for a long time, had turned out to be a flop. The invaders failed to achieve any large-scale results.

In general, Putin's army will be able to wage war against Ukraine until 2024 at the latest. Chernyak said this in an interview with Ukrinform. According to him, the "second army of the world" has actually proved incapable of conducting strategic offensive operations.

"The so-called 'great offensive' announced by propaganda for several months turned out to be a flop for Russia - they did not get any significant results," the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine said.

He clarified that now the Kremlin wants to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions at any cost. However, intelligence helps Ukrainian defenders plan and implement effective countermeasures. In this way, they inflict maximum losses on the enemy.

Chernyak also noted that if the current intensity of fighting continues, Russia will have enough resources to wage a conventional war in 2023 and possibly in 2024.

"If we increase the sanctions pressure, the aggressor state will face critical difficulties earlier," he added.

As OBOZREVATEL previously reported, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the Russian occupation forces have already depleted their supplies for the war that Russia has unleashed in Ukraine. He said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a "very good chance" of a successful counter-offensive in the spring of 2023.

According to the US Secretary of Defence, compared to the Russian forces, it is Ukraine that currently has a "significant advantage".

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