Russian forces have problems with weapons and ammunition, said military expert Gen.

Saby Sabev in the studio of "Your Day" on NOVA NEWS.

He added that the Ukrainian side is well prepared, tightens the reserves, has stockpiled ammunition and expects the supply of weapons from the Western countries.

Sabev believes that they will meet the Russian offensive very firmly and well prepared.

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After the capture of Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, the Russian army did not have a serious victory, except for the capture of Soledar, where the Russian troops gave many victims, Sabev also said.

According to him, the Russian army will not target Bakhmut.

Russia continues to fight with "mass" and not with technology, the general pointed out.

From a military perspective, a better option is to cripple Russia's offensive capacity, then launch, without waiting, a decisive counteroffensive with the new weaponry, Sabev said.

His prediction of the course and outcome of the war this year is that it will be decisive.

"If, hypothetically, Russia succeeds in occupying the Donetsk and Luhansk republics definitively up to the administrative borders, perhaps it will offer to sit at the negotiating table.

Ukraine, of course, will not agree.

With such an occupied territory, no one will negotiate.

If Ukraine manages to go to the Sea of ​​Azov and cut the front into two parts, then a critical situation is created for the troops in the eastern part of the Heron region and Crimea.

Thus, the question will arise whether Russia will not be forced to sit at the negotiating table and withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory."

His opinion is that diplomatic negotiations in the short term are not emerging.

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