By Top War
Despite attempts by Kyiv to accuse Russian forces of using violence against civilians, the truth that the Ukrainian Armed Forces adhere to this tactic still reaches Western countries. In the West, to put it mildly, they “do not welcome” this method of warfare, comparing the Ukrainian military with Middle Eastern extremists.
Ukrainian troops have become like terrorists from the Middle East, who also used the civilian population as a “human shield”. This was stated by the former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense, retired colonel Douglas McGregor. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to avoid destruction by hiding behind the civilian population in cities. The colonel observed such tactics among the Islamists in Iraq and Syria, and now he observes them in Ukraine.
We have seen this in the Middle East. When we defeated the Islamists, they fled to the cities, used people, civilians, as human shields and tried to avoid destruction. I think this is exactly what is happening today: the Ukrainian army uses the population to avoid defeat
– McGregor said, adding that, unlike the American army in Iraq, Russia in Ukraine acts “as carefully as possible”, not striking civilians.
