Zelenskiy says losses would be unacceptably high if spring counter-offensive launched too early; Kremlin spokesperson described military operation in Ukraine as ‘very difficult’
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the country needs more time to prepare for a much-anticipated spring counter-offensive
Zelenskiy said the army had combat brigades that were ready, but were still short of promised armoured vehicles, which were slowly arriving. after counter offensives. Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, who heads Ukraine’s ground forces, made the comments in a post on Telegram. He said: “In some areas of the front, the enemy could not resist the onslaught of the Ukrainian defenders and retreated to a distance of up to two kilometers.”
Russia has succeeded in severely damaging Ukraine’s military machine and this work will continue, he added.
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