Russian Colonel General Andrey Kartapolov admitted the Kremlin's military is facing a dire situation in Ukraine during a recent appearance on Russian-state television.
Kartapolov's admission comes more than seven months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Ukraine invasion on February 24. Kremlin officials first hoped for a quick defeat against their Eastern European neighbor. However, the "special military operation" revealed several weaknesses in their military including challenges recruiting and maintaining motivated troops as well as leadership issues.
These weaknesses, coupled with Kyiv's stronger-than-expected response and Western military aid, has allowed Ukraine to launch its own counteroffensives to retake Russian-occupied territory in recent weeks. Ukraine has said it retook thousands of square miles of land in Eastern Ukraine, near Kharkiv—delivering a massive loss for Moscow that forced Putin to order a partial mobilization of troops.
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