

The former British Army army colonel said on-the-ground conditions for Russian forces are “only going to get worse when barely-trained conscripts are pushed over the top”.

He told .uk that Ukraine “has all the momentum and morale”, whereas Russia’s conventional forces “are physically and morally beaten”.

There may be a chance that Ukraine claims victory over Vladimir Putin’s forces before the end of the year, military experts have told .uk, but Kyiv’s success will hinge on two factors in bringing the war to an end.Ī senior British government source told The Times on Saturday that Ukrainian forces could repel Russian forces back to their original borders by the end of the year, should Kyiv continue to forge ahead at its current pace.Ĭhemical and biological weapons expert, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, said it was “entirely possible” that Kyiv emerges triumphant from the invasion effort before the new year. A former US commander of American forces in Europe said Moscow's forces were "defeated" and they would be pushed back over the February invasion line by the end of 2022.
