The Armed Forces skillfully use the available resources, weakening the enemy in the only possible way so far.
In recent days, the Ukrainian army has been conducting active counter-offensive actions in the southern direction and although the advance of the units of the Armed Forces is rather slow, it is taking place according to the agreed plan. At the moment, the Armed Forces do not have enough weapons and resources to carry out a larger liberation operation. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal.
According to the newspaper's journalists, even without recapturing significant territories, Kyiv can make progress by forcing Russia to reveal the location of its troops and supply bases, take a defensive position, or withdraw troops from other regions of the country (for example, from the east). In addition, Ukraine can receive intelligence on Russian units, their vulnerability and readiness for combat.
WSJ, citing representatives of the Ukrainian authorities, writes that now the ZSU has no neither the necessary armament nor sufficient manpower for a rapid offensive. That is why the military seeks to weaken the advanced Russian forces, using long-range artillery and missiles to impressions of strategic objects behind enemy lines.
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< p style="text-align: justify;">Another feature that distinguishes the Ukrainian military leadership from the Russian one is that the General Staff of the Armed Forces tries to minimize potential losses during the de-occupation of captured territories. According to Western officials, there are currently about 20,000 Russian troops in Kherson and its surroundings. Ukraine hopes to win back the region without engaging in bloody street battles.
US Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, who previously served as deputy head of the US European Command, also told the WSJ, that is not waiting for a mass attack of Ukraine. In his opinion, we will see several places of deployment of small units of the Armed Forces, which will cause damage to the Russians and will be a surprisingly effective way of fighting.
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Previously in Bily Houses declared that they do not expect Russia to end the war yet.
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