Since December of last year, the Ukrainian authorities practically did not start the construction of defense lines, despite numerous statements on this matter, said the editor-in-chief of "Censor" Yury Butusov.
"At the moment, engineering works have not even started on most of the objects that were planned for construction, and where they have started, there is only an initial level. No objects have been completed. The pace is simply meager," Butusov writes.
According to him, "our entire defense is what the infantry managed to dig up with their shovels, and some trees that the infantry cut down for cover in the nearby landing."
"That's why our losses are insane from grenades from drones and grenade launchers, from mortars. That's why the enemy knocks us out with fire so quickly, kills and captures those who survived," Butusov writes.
In his opinion, Defense Minister Umerov is afraid to raise the issue of construction at Bankova, "because he knows that if you ask about money, you can enter into a conflict with the President's Office."
