In Ukraine, as Russia continues its regular drone and missile strikes across the country and its offensives along the front line, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces spoke for the first time about the counteroffensive.
Published on: February 11, 2023 – 5:00 am
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With our correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze
General Zalouzhny had not yet expressed his assessment of the Ukrainian counteroffensive launched at the beginning of June, this was done and he did not mince his words. While from an interview for The Economist magazine, The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army realizes that the two armies are heading towards a stalemate.
All things being equal, no one can achieve decisive action, and without a combination of new methods of warfare, including through technological innovations, the increased use of drones, the general fears that his troops will be stuck in a war of attrition like during the Second World War and the First World War.
The offensives continue on the front: On the Ukrainian side near Bakhmut and in the Zaporizhzhia region, long-range missiles have hit illegally occupied Crimea for the first time.
For its part, the Russian army continues to exert pressure on the Kupyansk axis – Kreminna and throughout the Donetsk region, particularly in Avdiivka, where international observers confirm some progress in geolocation, albeit at the cost of heavy losses in equipment and lives.