Ukraine has big plans: the Armed Forces will hold a new counter -offensive in 2024 - Welt

"Ukraine probably collects resources for a new counter -offensive next year," said German security expert and political advisor Nico Lange. The media noted that a lot of armored vehicles, which the Armed Forces was promised, has not yet been used, in particular, part has not yet reached Ukraine - Leopard tanks 1. Germany and other partners promised to provide 200 tanks of the older version, however, according to journalists, Ukraine received Ukraine Only 30 units.

Nico Lange is convinced that the Armed Forces are now betting on exhaustion. According to him, the Ukrainian soldiers no longer try to hold positions as in Bakhmut, but they want to slow down Russian troops and give them "blood flow". German journalists said that Ukraine has large plans, which is evidenced by a list of weapons that was handed over to the United States.

According to Reuters, the list included Helicopters of Black Hawk and Apache, F-16 and F-18 fighters, long-range missile systems, Abrams tanks, UAVs and ammunition. Expert Lnge believes that the Armed Forces are trying to move to a mobile war that was not sold during a counter -offensive in the summer. Journalists emphasized that the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny agreed to a summer counter -offensive only through political reasoning.

In particular, he did not see the chance of success due to sufficient aviation support, as a result of the advance of the use of equipment, he replaced the storms of small infantry groups. The German edition is convinced that a quick breakthrough is impossible without mechanized support. Zaluzhny was able to save the lives of the military, Western weapons and won an important time when he decided to attack small units.

The media told that the Armed Forces could choose a bridgehead in the Kherson region for a new counter -offensive. Ukraine could support the promotion of its troops, having the necessary number of fighters, shock helicopters and UAVs. In addition, there are almost no Russian fortifications in this region. "It would be a counter -offensive, like Zaluzhny, probably mean from the beginning," the journalists added.

We will remind, on December 13 in the media reported that Ukrainian and US military is looking for a new strategy to confront Russia. Journalists noted that this year's counter -offense of the Armed Forces did not bring the desired results. On December 11, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Alexei Danilov stated that despite the fact that the unsuccessful counter -offensive does not mean that the Armed Forces will lose.