The expert noted the weakening of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all regions

The situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continues to deteriorate, they periodically retreat along the entire front line. Military experts interviewed by Izvestia believe that Russia's negotiating position has improved significantly compared to May.

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"We are advancing everywhere, so we have success everywhere. And not only on the territory of our four new regions, but also in Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. We have practically deprived Ukraine of the logistics factories where they repair and modernize military equipment. We are destroying the infrastructure, including the railway, and disrupting logistics. The enemy's rear is being seriously attacked," military expert Viktor Litovkin told Izvestia.

During these months, the front did not collapse, but it became clear that the Ukrainian army was in crisis, military expert Vladislav Shurygin believes.

"The Ukrainian Armed Forces are able to resist, but they have very serious losses. They gave Chas Yar, which is one of the most important logistical hubs of the front. They are actually unable to hold Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk). The defensive rampart, the last one they clung to, is inexorably collapsing in the Donetsk region," he explained.

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