National Guard Major Oleksii Hetman expressed the opinion on Espreso TV."In the entire history of warfare, over the past thousands of years, there has never been an army that has been preparing for an offensive and has not advanced at all. The only question is how far it can advance and at what cost. That is, they have had some tactical success, but they do not have the strategic capabilities to occupy a significant part of our country. If they could do it, they would have already done it," noted Hetman.According to him, despite the existing threats, the Russians have been trying to surround Pokrovsk for more than a year without success."For a year now, it has been reported that the Russians are advancing on the Eastern Front - Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Kostiantynivka, Chasiv Yar - but they have not actually been able to advance anywhere. Pokrovsk is still standing. Therefore, to assume that they will be able to capture Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Kharkiv or Sumy is, of course, a guesswork, but the probability of this is extremely low," emphasized Hetman.Despite an active summer offensive, Russia is failing to meet its front-line objectives, forcing it to deploy more reserves and likely preparing to use North Korean soldiers.