Former company commander of the "Aidar" battalion, Yevhen Dykiy, assessed the preparations for the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian forces and named four factors for a successful counteroffensive.

He told

about this

 in an interview with Radio NV.

Dykiy says that Ukraine currently has only one of the four factors.

"It's quite obvious with the factors.

We need four things for a successful counteroffensive—people;

iron for these people, in particular heavy armored vehicles, transport in general;

BC, primarily artillery shells, rockets for rocket launcher systems;

and solid ground under the tracks," Dykyi listed on Radio NV.

According to the ex-commander, the quality of training that our soldiers undergo at training grounds varies greatly.

"The quality of this training is very different: from none at all to really very high quality. This is something that depends to a very large extent on the grassroots and middle command echelons: who, how, where delivered this training," he added.

All because of different "educational programs", emphasizes Dykiy. 

"There are training programs where they are really driven like sidor goats through training grounds, which greatly increases the chances of survival later", but there are also "units where they just sit, bang and wait to be sent to the front. These are two poles. Somewhere in between average, scoop-type, but still ongoing training. Apparently, this applies to most of the mobilized," he notes.

Despite this, Dykiy notes that the problem with the lack of ammunition will be solved within a month or two.

"There are fresh initiatives of the Western allies.

If you've noticed, the last aid packages have been very largely munitions.

There is a chance that in a month, a maximum of two, and according to BC, the second factor will be added.

The counteroffensive will have to start with a smaller number of armored vehicles than is necessary for it, which will lead to more personnel losses," says the ex-commander.

And the last minus, in his opinion, is the hard ground under the tracks.

"I think that it was precisely this fourth resource that Reznikov was focusing on when he announced the specific terms. So somewhere in the second half of April, in May, the land usually dries up," he also said.

A military expert said that if

the Western allies

continue to supply weapons to Ukraine, the situation at the front will radically change not in favor of Russia.

Meanwhile, the Russian army failed to fulfill the task of dictator Vladimir Putin during the so-called "

great offensive".

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