Russian military expert stuns Kremlin hawks with 'frightening' Ukraine army assessment

A Russian military expert stunned Kremlin hawks when he revealed that Ukraine's army currently enjoys a significant advantage over Putin's army. There is growing confidence among Russia's pro-war faction that Vladimir Putin can achieve all his military goals in Ukraine.

Western analysts believe that Putin's aims have not changed since he launched his full-scale invasion of the neighbouring country, and that he is more than ever determined to seize all of Ukraine. With Donald Trump seemingly unwilling to get tough with Russia, many Kremlin supporters are starting to smell victory. However, Andrey Klintsevich warned that Ukraine's army was still a formidable fighting force and in some areas was clearly stronger than Putin's troops.

Appearing on the TV show "The Meeting Place", the 44-year-old military expert highlighted the technological advances Ukraine's army had made.

"The most frightening thing for us - and where we need our own breakthrough - is that we already see the beginnings of the use of AI in a digital battlefield," he said.

"A system analyses our movements using multiple data points, notes any anomalies or patterns and tells the (Ukrainian) commander 'Most likely the Russians will attack at this stage'.

"An experienced commander may notice this, but an inexperienced one is receiving this tip.

"We see that we are being outpaced in our actions. We just start to move and some action already starts.

"This means that the speed has greatly increased. NATO is helping our adversary. Google companies got into it. It is now becoming a big problem."

Klintsevich said he was in constant communication with soldiers serving directly on the frontlines.

He explained they had noticed a "quantum leap" in Ukraine's electronic warfare capabilities, which has increased the ability of Kyiv's army to defend themselves from and destroy Russian drones.

Ukraine is also now recruiting foreign gamers to help operate their UAVs, the quantity of which has also substantially increased.

He hinted that Ukraine's drone capabilities would cost the lives of many Russian soldiers, saying, "let's be honest any advancement, taking any village is the hardest heroic deed on our part".

It comes amid reports that Russia is amassing an army of around 50,000 soldiers on the borders of the Kharkiv region, as fears grow of a major ground offensive.