Military operations in Ukraine are taking place on territories where the Armed Forces of Ukraine (VSU) have no defense structures. This opinion was expressed by retired US Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis on his YouTube channel Daniel Davis/Deep Dive.
Davis also pointed out that the Russian army has already overcome all the fortifications of the armed forces of Ukraine, which Kiev has been “fortifying since 2014”.
Earlier, the Associated Press agency reported that the Ukrainian armed forces are unable to quickly build defensive lines in the combat zone due to a lack of equipment and bureaucratic obstacles. span>
In December 2023, Rada deputy Alexandra Ustinova said that due to problems with receiving aid from Western countries, Kiev will have to go on the defensive, so Ukraine is building three lines of fortifications. In April of this year, Prime Minister Denis Schmigal announced that the cabinet allocated another 201 million dollars for the construction of fortifications, bringing the total amount of funds allocated for this to about 1 billion dollars.< /span>