Ukraine’s widely touted counteroffensive against Russia, now in its third week, has produced heavy casualties on both sides and what military analysts say have been “small advances” for Ukraine on the battlefield.
would not be a complete rout, with Russian forces able to prepare extensive defensive formations in occupied Ukrainian land in the east and the south over the winter and spring months in anticipation of the Ukrainian attack.‘s military has been unable to match the lightning gains made last fall in which Krhakhiv and other major cities were liberated from Russian control.
“It has become more of a grinding battle every day. We know this is going to be a hard fight [and] we know this is going to take time,” deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters. Ukrainian forces “have the combat power [and] they have the ability to be successful in their counteroffensive operation.”
Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, said the government of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been clear-eyed about the difficulties ahead in driving dug-in Russian troops out of their country. She said Moscow will not easily give up its positions and it’s necessary for all Ukrainians to prepare for the tough fight ahead.
“It is quite difficult for our defenders to advance because the enemy threw all their forces to stop the offensive,” Ms. Maliar said on her Telegram social messaging page. “The ongoing operation has several tasks and the military is carrying out these tasks. They move as they were supposed to move and the biggest blow is yet to come.”
Mr. Zelenskyy emphasized the positive Tuesday, saying Ukrainian forces had “no lost positions” since they began the attack and had captured a number of villages along the front from“In some areas, our warriors are moving forward. In some areas, they are defending their positions and resisting the occupiers’ assaults and intensified attacks,” Mr. Zelenskyy said Tuesday in an address to the nation. “We have no lost positions — only liberated ones.
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