"Late started": Zelensky explained the slow promotion of the Armed Forces counter -offensive (video)
The journalist and political observer of Farid Zakariya during the forum asked Zelensky "A direct question that is now interested in everyone. " "The Ukrainian counter -offensive, apparently, goes more and faces more difficulty than could be expected. Why did you have difficulty with a counter -offensive and what to do to overcome them?" - asked Zakarius. Zelensky in response reminded that last fall our military had a powerful operation and later began to create new crews.
The President of Ukraine said that at first the counter -offensive was planned for spring, but it did not begin then because of a lack of ammunition. There were not enough prepared crews to use certain weapons. This delay - and this opinion is shared by experts - gave Russia time to replace all our lands and build several lines of defense. They were definitely more timely given than they needed. "This is not a complaint, we were really lacking in mine equipment.
We are now helping us, we would like to thank the allies: Biden President, Congress, USA, our partners in Europe," Zelensky said. He also added that he always wants to victory, but the question in the price of victory: "So let's not literally throw people under tanks. Let's plan our counter -offensive as our analysts and our scouts suggest. " According to the President, he believes in victory as some of the territories have already been released. "They built all these lines.
There were many mines in our fields. Because of this, the slow promotion of our counter -offensive actions," the President said, adding that, despite all the difficulties, Ukraine is going forward. "We did not want to lose our people, our personnel and our military. They did not want to lose equipment, so we were cautious about offensive actions," he said.
But at the same time, the Armed Forces are approaching the stage when the offensive actions are required, "because we are already passing through mine locations and exchanging these territories. " Farid Zelensky asked Zelensky about the active use of the Armed Forces drones and noted that about 10,000 UAVs were lost every month. In response, the President pointed out that Ukraine also needs long -range systems.
"To be honest, we have not yet resolved some of the issues related to the type of weapons that we need the most. I would like to pay attention to long -range artillery systems," he explained, noting that in confrontation with the Russian Federation a key role is given to motivation, and it would be good if it was even more than artillery. NATO weapons are better than Russian, but there are not many. There is no balance in the case of systems of a certain radius of action.
Yes, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has C-300, which are constantly firing border areas. The President also mentioned that the Crimean bridge is used by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation as a military crossing, which accelerates the course of war. We will remind that "the Russian Federation has entered the stage of crazy terrorism", so rocket firing will continue, said Natalia Gumenyuk speaker OK "South" on July 21.