Ukraine wrapping up counteroffensive preparations. When will it begin? – National | 24CA News
Ukraine is wrapping up preparations for a counteroffensive towards Russian forces and is basically prepared for it to go forward, Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov mentioned on Friday.
“As soon as there is God’s will, the weather and a decision by commanders, we will do it,” he advised a web-based news briefing.
He gave no date for when the counteroffensive would begin however mentioned: “Globally speaking, we are to a high percentage ready.”
Kyiv hopes its deliberate counteroffensive will change the dynamics of the warfare that has raged since Russia invaded Ukraine 14 months in the past.
Russia holds swathes of Ukrainian territory within the east, south and southeast. Ukraine’s army mentioned in its newest each day report on the warfare that Bakhmut, a small metropolis within the east, remained the main target of preventing.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg mentioned this week that Kyiv’s overseas allies and companions had delivered nearly all their promised fight autos to Ukraine.
Reznikov mentioned Ukraine had acquired a number of trendy gear, together with arms that may function an “iron fist,” and that coaching on some Western gear was persevering with.
Thousands of Ukrainian troops have been coaching within the West to make use of completely different army belongings on the battlefield in a mixed method.
