With the weapons sent by NATO, the country wants to launch a decisive military response to recover almost 20% of its occupied territory.
Ukraine has said it is ready to launch its spring counter-offensive against Russian forces. The attacks carried out by Russia on Friday (28) killed at least 26 people in various cities of the country.
“Preparations are coming to an end”said the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksi Rezhnikovon the great attack that your country wants to launch to reconquer the territories occupied by Russia in the east and south.
He added that “The equipment has been promised, prepared and partially delivered. Overall, we are readyThe minister said this at a press conference. “When God wills, [quando houver] time and the decision of the commanders, we will [a contraofensiva]”.
Reznikov explained that the Abrams tanks promised by the United States “he will not arrive in time to participate in this counter-offensive”since its delivery to Ukraine is expected to take place only at the end of 2023.
A few hours before the announcement, several attacks with Russian cruise missiles, the first to be used on a large scale since the beginning of March, hit apartment buildings killing at least 23 people in Uman (central), two more in Dnipro (central east). and a man found under the rubble of his house in Kherson (south) province.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky reacted, on Telegram, asking for an international response to “Russian Horror”. She wrote that “tEvery attack, every perverse act against our country and our people brings the terrorist state closer to failure and retribution.”.
Russia, on the other hand, claimed to have bombed “points of temporary deployment of reserve units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with high-precision weapons”.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement “all designated targets have been hit”. In Uman, a city of 80,000, AFP reporters saw an apartment building destroyed by a missile strike, rescuers hauling out the bodies and wounded waiting for news of their loved ones.
Source: Terra
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