Chief of the General Staff — Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2014-2019, General Viktor Muzhenko (now a leading researcher at the Armed Forces Research Institute), in an interview with media Fakty, assessed the current situation at the front, outlined the main problems in the army and listed the key reasons for the failure of the counteroffensive. Texty.org.ua publishes key fragments of the conversation in the form of Muzhenko's organized direct speech.Читати українською

Today, guided aerial bombs (GABs) have become one of the most terrifying types of Russian weapons at the front. These are old munitions (FABs—high-explosive air bombs) weighing from one to one and a half tons, to which the Russians have attached wings and flight correction equipment.