"Putin will prepare a hellish winter for Ukraine"

American weapons, U.S. intelligence and the training of Ukrainian elite special forces enabled the penetration of the Ukrainian army through Russian positions. As well as the return of the territories around and south of Kharkiv, explains the success of Kyiv's counter-offensive, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The successful counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army is followed with great attention in the media in the European Union, although it is cautiously suggested that this does not mean that the war is approaching a turning point and the end, but is now waiting to see if the Russian side can retaliate, which is estimated to be both militarily and politically shaken.
Corriere della Sera writes that since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014, the Americans and Kyiv have launched the "Concept of Resistance Operation" plan with the training of thousands of Ukrainian special forces soldiers, with the preparation of psychological operations, strengthening sabotage actions in the Russian background and in Russia itself, false messages through "mole", double agents, with the aim of confusing the Russian military leadership about the real goals of the prepared strikes and counter-offensives.
An official of the US Department of Defense confirmed this, explaining that the special forces of Kyiv, which go by the name "Shaman", were also given training in irregular, guerilla warfare, and US intelligence services taught them how to deceive the enemy and conduct psychological warfare.
Corierre della Sera and other media believe that American training, intelligence and targeting were crucial for the success of the Ukrainian army, especially the American long-range precision missile launchers Himars, with a significant successful deception...

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