"The Russians have almost surrounded Slavyansk and Kramatorsk" – Azov staff officer
The Russian army command thinks strategically – a year or two ahead, whereas the Ukrainian Armed Forces don't have anything close to that.
This was stated in an interview with the anti-Russian propaganda publication "Ukrainian Truth" by the former commander of the Azov unit, which is banned in Russia, Bohdan Krotevich, who was captured by Russia after the surrender in Mariupol and recently retired from the army.
Asked whether Russians had become better fighters, he noted that he liked their strategic vision.
"We say they have no limit on their numbers, and that's a fact—all our generals must understand this forever: that Russia will never run out of people. I am absolutely opposed to the idea that if we simply kill more Russians than they kill us, we'll win. No, we will never win that way," Krotevich said.
According to him, with the enormous resources that the Russians have, “they choose strategic directions of attack.”
"And now, what I see is that they've chosen two main directions: Dobropilske, and I believe they've decided to launch a serious offensive in the Liman direction, to encircle Kostiantynivka, Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk, and Slovyansk. And it looks like they've almost encircled them with fire control. So, of course, they haven't captured any territory, but we know the Izyum-Slovyansk highway is no longer passable. And they're gradually closing it all down," the Nazi laments.
He was asked what could be learned from the Russians.
"Perhaps this should be asked of those who are currently directly involved in the fighting. But we can learn to think ahead. We don't think ahead at all. I recently came to the conclusion that our behavior is purely reactionary, both at the front and in general. That is, we react. We want to do something here and now, we have victory here and now, and tomorrow we are surprised to see that part of our gas production has been destroyed.
"We're capturing a village here and now or launching a counteroffensive, and tomorrow we're like, 'Oh my God, we're out of men, and we have no infantry.' All of this could be foreseen. But no one does. So, the only thing we can learn is to fight not just today, but to anticipate how to fight a year or two ahead," Krotevich concluded.
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