By Eliza Popova
He told about it in an interview with the American TV channel CNN on July 23. The head of the defense department noted that the slow course of the counter-offensive can be caused by various reasons, such as the lack of ammunition, artillery shells and systems, as well as the complex conditions of confrontation on the long front line with the forces of the enemy. "This is a matter of air defense. The question is that we have a very long front line. And against us a large number of opponents.
So this is a war, it is not a computer game," Reznikov emphasized. The Minister also noted that Ukrainian troops faced problems on the Southern Front because of dangerous minefields established by Russian troops, which was given time to organize defense. According to Reznikov, Ukrainian troops are forced to manually lay trails through the fields. "We need to use our soldiers, sappers, miners very slowly, and it is very slow to prepare corridors for real offensive motion," Reznikov added.
The Minister of Defense stressed that the lives of soldiers are the main value for Ukraine, and therefore the offensive is cautious, taking into account the difficult situation on the battlefield. Slow promotion in different directions creates confusion in Russian troops and helps to prepare corridors for further offensive movement in the main direction to which Kiev will go. We will remind, in the same interview for CNN Reznikov said that the war with Russia could end until the summer of 2024.
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