"Operation will be difficult and long": Podolyak listed the required Armed Forces for counter -offensive (video)

"Unfortunately, this operation will be quite complicated, long and will take some time," he said. At the same time, the OPP representative insists that Ukraine is trying to reach the borders of 1991, including the return of Crimea, which remains annexed by the Russian Federation.

He acknowledged that the Armed Forces faced a number of difficulties on the battlefield, in particular, it is a replaced territory, logistical difficulties, such as the supply of weapons and the advantage of the Armed Forces in the air. "We will be objective, in Russia the advantage in the air on the front line," Podolyak said. Kiev requires an additional 300 armored vehicles and dozens of F-16 fighters to speed up the counter-offensive.

"Of course, we need additional armored vehicles-200-300 tanks," Podolyak said. "We need up to 80 F-16 aircraft to close the sky well, and near the advanced especially. " OP representative also noted some progress of counter -offensive operations, as well as the fact that not all the Armed Forces teams that were preparing for a counter -offensive were thrown into battle.

According to Podolyak, the pressure on the Russian forces is increasing, and Ukraine wants to "defeat and cut off Russian groups of troops. " In the end, the Armed Forces offensive "can only collapse Russian defense in one direction or another. " After that, the events will develop quickly. "Negotiations are at all levels," he said to ensure the safety of the grain corridor in the Black Sea. For this purpose, the forces of Turkey, Bulgaria and others may be involved.

"There is no compromise for us because Russia hates us. It has come to destroy the concept of Ukrainian statehood. We hate the Russians who just kill us. Certainly, compromise will lead to the fact that Ukraine will lose statehood in one way or another, but at a slow pace ", - said the adviser to the head of the OP. This can happen, if not three days, in three to five years. Compromise would mean the restoration of the Soviet Union, Podolyak said.