The highly-anticipated counteroffensive is under way, with Ukrainian forces preparing the battlefield before they commit large numbers of their NATO-donated tanks, Sean Bell tells Sky News.
"And that's when I think we'll see a whole mess of tanks that'll come surging through and break through the Russian defences and then cause havoc."If the Russians can cut off those advance forces that'll make life very difficult, but if the Russians run then there could be a rout and I think that's when we're going to see the dramatic change of fortunes here.
Much depends on how resilient the Ukrainian president is, knowing that committing his troops to an offensive will result in tens of thousands of losses, Mr Bell says "There's a fine line between success and failure in wartime, there's a high degree of unpredictability."has forces on the frontline, it also has units in reserve that can be deployed to respond to a potential breakthrough.
"And part of what you do with deception plans is to try to get your enemy to commit to his reserves, because then he doesn't have reserves available to plug a hole that you're going to be making elsewhere.Mr Bell says its also possible that Russia, a superpower which has had time to entrench its forces in well-prepared defences, is able to withstand the Ukrainian onslaught and then embark on an offensive of its own down the line.
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