Zelensky in Ukraine: “We must wait with the counterattack”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country’s armed forces should wait a little longer to launch their counter-offensive – they need more equipment to save lives.

Volodymyr Zelensky He says that Ukrainian assault brigades are “ready” for the upcoming counterattack but that the army still needs “some things” such as armored vehicles that will arrive “in batches”.

“I will lose a lot of people.”

Ukraine has received more than 30 billion dollars in military support from its allies in the West, equivalent to more than 300 billion crowns. But the logistics of getting everything to frontline units take time. Since December, Ukraine has reportedly received more than 200 tanks and 300 infantry fighting vehicles. Bloomberg reports.

“with [det vi redan har] Can we go further and, I think, be successful, ”says the President of Ukraine in an interview, According to the BBC.

But we will lose a lot of people. I find that unacceptable. So we have to wait. We still need more time.”

1450 km long from the front

When, where and how Ukraine intends to launch its offensive is a secret, and Russian forces are consolidating along the 1,450-kilometre long front line from Luhansk and Donetsk in the east to Kherson and Zaporizhia in the south.

“No army ever thought it was equipped enough to do what it needed to do,” he says. Mark Cancian, A former US Navy colonel, he is now an advisor to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. “This is the nature of the army.”

The stakes couldn’t be higher. A major breakthrough like the one Ukraine made last fall in Kherson could put the Russian military on the run, and give Ukraine the chance to regain occupied territory. On the one hand, failure could lead to a “freezing” of the front line, increasing the Allies’ interest in supplying more equipment and putting pressure on Ukraine to negotiate with Russia.

“Everyone will have an idea,” says President Zelensky. According to the BBC. “[Men] They cannot pressure Ukraine to give up territory. Why would any country in the world give Putin its territory? “

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