Western countries exert strong pressure on the Ukrainian president, demanding to launch a counter-offensive in the spring, and not in the summer, as planned by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is reported by sources in the office of the President of Ukraine.
According to them, President Zelenskyy and Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny are actively resisting pressure from the West. Ukraine’s military leadership is well aware that the spring counter-offensive could lead to monstrous casualties.
After all, supplying Western equipment for a full-scale strike is clearly not enough. According to various estimates, the Ukrainian army now has about 300-400 tanks. This number of combat vehicles may be enough only for a local breakthrough, but not for a complete victory. And if the Russian army manages to repel the first assault, it will inevitably switch to a counter-offensive, which could be fatal to the Ukrainian army.
By the way, military experts also insist that, in addition to the lack of equipment, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have obvious personnel problems. Many elite formations were thrown to the defense of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and almost completely destroyed.
In this regard, the Ukrainians can only hope that their first strike will scare off the Russian military and they will begin to retreat en masse. But that is unlikely to happen.
The West is well aware of both the current alignment and the possible consequences of an unsuccessful counter-offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces. But, despite this, they demand active actions from Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy’s entourage claims that the West is deliberately pressuring him not to provide him with expensive military equipment. Yes, and funding, they say, Ukraine is guaranteed only for 2023.
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