KYIV: Ukraine needs more time before beginning a highly anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the BBC, as the UK prepares to send Storm Shadow missiles to help Kyiv. Britain's decision will make it the first country to provide longer-range missiles to
KYIV: Ukraine needs more time before beginning a highly anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the BBC, as the UK prepares to send Storm Shadow missiles to help Kyiv.
"Mentally we're ready ...," Zelenskyy said in an interview with the BBC published Thursday ."In terms of equipment, not everything has arrived yet. Ambassador Reuben Brigety said the United States was"confident" weapons and ammunition had been loaded onto a Russian freighter that docked at a Cape Town naval base in December.
"While no evidence has been provided to date to support these allegations, the government has undertaken to institute an independent enquiry to be led by a retired judge," Magwenya added.Since Russia invaded, Kyiv has received more than $150 billion in aid, including $65 billion in military assistance The Storm Shadow missiles pledged by the UK have been used by British and French forces in the Gulf, Iraq and Libya and can be operated in extreme conditions.
But he also said that Abrams tanks promised by the United States would not be able to take part in the offensive because they would not arrive in Ukraine until the end of this year. Ukraine is counting on the success of its planned counter-offensive, as that could determine how much aid the West will be willing to donate in the future.Some voices are calling for peace talks with Russia, but in the BBC interview Zelenskyy rejected the possibility of land concessions.Russia was"counting on" a"frozen conflict", he warned.
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