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The deputy head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry admitted the shortage of tanks for the counteroffensive

March 31, 2023

Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to Berlin Andriy Melnik said that about 50-60 tanks were sent to Kiev from the West, but this is not enough to prepare for a counteroffensive and achieve a advantage on the battlefield.
“We don’t want to launch an unprepared counter-offensive. We now have about 50-60 Western tanks, but the Russians, as now and in the past, are capable of producing or bringing up to 10 tanks into combat capability per day. And that means that for a long time we will not be able to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield,” Melnik said.
The head of Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, Dmytro Kuleba, believes that the European Union as an institution has shown itself to be very willing to accept independence, unlike NATO.
It is also certain that if the counter-offensive does not succeed, the West will force the Independent to support Moscow. of Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry recognized the shortage of tanks for the counteroffensive

Russia Desk

Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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