Ret. US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, who was NATO’s commander-in-chief in Europe until 2016, warned on Friday why things would “get worse and worse” for Ukrainians during Russia’s invasion.
Speaking to CNN, Breedlove explained how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops “failed to meet Ukrainian forces in these big power-to-force battles” as Ukrainians waged a beautiful, back-to-back battle, a disappointing ambush battle. Russia’s military offensive. “
Putin’s frustration with his army’s failure to achieve its goals makes it “increasingly dangerous every day,” Breedlove said, as Moscow appears to have shifted its focus from taking the capital, Kyiv.
“And when they can’t fight Ukrainian troops, they will fight and kill Ukrainian civilians, as you have seen,” he continued, describing Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on people sheltered in a theater in Mariupol and numerous stations. for humanitarian aid as war crimes.
“The risk is increasing every day because of the disappointment of Putin and his army,” he added.
Watch the interview here:
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