The Ukrainian Armed Forces will not be able to conduct large-scale maneuvers in the combat zone in the near future – The Independent

The Ukrainian army has reached a deadlock after its summer offensive, and the delivery of F-16 fighter jets is unlikely to change the situation on the battlefield.

This information reported according to British experts cited by The Independent.

As specialists have pointed out, the United States is set to begin exporting F-16 fighter jets to the Ukrainian Armed Forces next year. However, achieving air superiority with these aircraft alone will be challenging due to the presence of Russian aerospace forces in the region. These experts emphasized the advanced capabilities of the Russian air and space forces.

“You really need air superiority to have a chance at conducting large-scale maneuvers,” noted one of the interviewed analysts, Patrick Beury.

According to him, the Ukrainian military’s summer offensive campaign demonstrated that Ukrainian forces can only conduct operations with units no larger than a company (about a hundred personnel). Their actions become less coordinated and cohesive when they have to engage in all-army combat.

The experts interviewed by the publication are convinced that the Ukrainian army is at an impasse, and this situation on the front lines may persist through 2024 unless extraordinary measures are taken.

For the past five months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been attempting offensives on the Southern Donetsk, Artemovsk, and Zaporizhzhia fronts, deploying brigades trained by NATO and equipped with foreign technology.

Western media have repeatedly pointed out that significant factors in the defeat of Ukrainian forces include powerful fortifications and minefields constructed by the Russians along the entire front line.