RUSSIAN troops will run out of food, fuel, and ammunition in three days, according to Ukraine, and the war could be over in weeks.
Russia’s advance remained stalled overnight, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, as Vladimir Putin’s troops face growing supply problems and fierce resistance from Ukrainian forces.
In the last 24 hours, Ukrainian forces carried out a series of “devastating strikes” on Russian troops, as well as “conducted air battles and intercepted air targets,” according to the ministry.
And intelligence indicates that Russia’s forces now only have enough food for three days.
“According to available information, Russian occupation forces operating on Ukrainian territory have ammunition and food supplies for no more than three days,” it said in a statement.
“It’s the same with fuel, which is replenished by tank trucks.” The occupiers were unable to organise a pipeline to meet the demands of the troops.”
Putin expected a quick victory when he ordered the invasion on February 23, but his forces have encountered stiff opposition.
Russian pilots have been shot out of the sky, tanks have been ambushed, and videos of soldiers sobbing after surrendering to Ukrainians have surfaced.
Ukraine claims to have killed approximately 15,000 Russian troops and destroyed a significant amount of equipment.
In addition, Russia has admitted to losing nearly 10,000 troops in the invasion.
According to Oleksiy Arestovych, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, “active hostilities” between the two sides could be over in two to three weeks.
He stated that taking control of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was still a top priority for Russia, but that doing so would be “suicide” for Moscow.
According to defence experts, Putin may only have ten days to win the war in Ukraine before his forces surrender.
According to a senior UK defence source and a former commander of US forces, Russia’s game could be over soon.
“Ukraine is on the run from Russia,” a source told the Daily Mail.
“It is running out of both manpower and energy.” As long as we keep pressing, they have ten to fourteen days before they reach their peak.
“At that point, the strength of Ukraine’s resistance should outnumber Russia’s attacking force.”
Meanwhile, retired US Army General Ben Hodges predicts that Russian forces will be unable to continue their assault on Ukraine in three days, assuming Ukraine can hold out that long.
“Russia’s decision to transition to an attrition war – they’re smashing cities, putting civilians on the road because they’re afraid of being killed – they need three things to do this,” Gen Hodges told MSNBC.
‘GATES OF EUROPE’
And President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Italian parliament that his country was on the verge of surviving Russia’s war.
Putin, he said, wanted to break into the rest of Europe, but he “must not be allowed to pass.”
“Ukraine is the gateway to Europe for Russian troops, but barbarism must not be allowed to enter,” Mr Zelensky said.
“The most dreadful thing will be the impending famine in some countries.”
“Ukraine has always been one of the largest food exporters, but how can we sow [crops] when Russian artillery strikes?”
In recent years, countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, and Yemen have come to rely on Ukrainian wheat, and the war has caused wheat prices to skyrocket, rising by 50% in the last month.
In response to Zelenskiy, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi stated that Ukraine provided “heroic” resistance to the Russian invasion and promised continued assistance to refugees.
“The Russian government’s arrogance has collided with the dignity of the Ukrainian people, who have managed to curb Moscow’s expansionist aims and impose a massive cost on the invading army,” Draghi told parliament.
The battle for Ukraine’s cities is raging across the country’s outskirts, with the Ukrainian military retaking a key neighbourhood near Kyiv on Tuesday.
However, the invading Russian forces’ increasing air raids have resulted in uncounted deaths and forced over 3.5 million people to flee.
