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According to NATO’s top military official, Russia does not have enough troops to make a significant advance in the north-east of Ukraine.
« The Russians don’t have the numbers necessary to do a strategic breakthrough, » NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli told reporters last week. « They don’t have the skill and the capability to do it; to operate at the scale necessary to exploit any breakthrough to strategic advantage, » the general said.
According to earlier statements by Putin, Russia’s intention is not to take the city of Kharkiv, but rather to create a security zone, a sanitary zone in the region. Russian forces continue their offensive in Ukraine, yet General Cavoli does not believe there will be a major breakthrough.
