Ukraine is to launch its counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory imminently, and is confident in its strategy, President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced. “We strongly believe that we will succeed,” Mr Zelensky said.
“I don’t know how long it will take. To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely different. But we are going to do it, and we are ready.”with preparations including assembling new assault bridges and training tens of thousands of forces underway. Poor weather, and the need for more time to amass weapons, are said to have been the reasons for the delay to the attack.
The Kremlin is currently occupying approximately 103,600 square kilometres of land in Ukraine, equivalent to almost a fifth of the country.are thought to be defending parts of Kherson and the southern Zaporizhzhia regions. Former British Army general Lord Dannatt, who was chief of the general staff until 2009, previously toldThe UK has been providing Ukraine with anti-aircraft defence systems, equipped with hundreds of missiles, long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles and long-range drone bombs.
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