The end of the media frenzy about Ukraine; Zelensky: There is no counterattack at the moment

According to Fars International News Agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the BBC that the country’s army needs more time to prepare the anticipated counterattack against Russia in a war that has been going on for more than 14 months.

“It is unacceptable to start the attack now because many lives will be lost,” he said in the interview, which was broadcast on Thursday.

According to the BBC, Zelensky said in this interview, which was conducted in Kyiv with the media members of Eurovision News, including the BBC: “With (what we have) we can go ahead and be successful. But we lose a lot of people. I think this is unacceptable. So we have to wait. We still need more time.”

Zelensky’s statements come while the possibility of Ukraine’s counterattack has been predicted and expected for weeks. Under the pretext of preparing for this counterattack, Ukraine is receiving advanced Western weapons, including tanks and air defense, and training its forces.

The president of Ukraine recently said that work is underway on the expected counterattack against Russian forces and that it will happen.

According to the BBC, “Kremlin forces are deployed in the eastern regions of Ukraine with layered defense lines up to 20 kilometers deep, and the Kiev counterattack is likely to face minefields, anti-tank ditches and other obstacles.”

According to Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on reducing the war to a so-called frozen conflict in which neither side can push the other from its positions. According to the BBC, Zelensky also rejected giving up territory to Russia in exchange for a peace agreement.

Ukraine’s Western allies have already sent $70 billion in military aid to Ukraine to counter Russia and have stepped up arms aid. A senior NATO official claimed that in the next months of the war, Ukraine will have a qualitative advantage and Russia will have a quantitative advantage.

According to the BBC, the counterattack is a major challenge for Ukraine and requires the country’s military to have a range of capabilities, including delivering ammunition, food, medical equipment and spare parts along supply lines. According to this report, the frontline stretches for more than a thousand kilometers.

The Kremlin wants Kiev to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula and also to accept the annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions to Russia. Ukraine has rejected these demands, as well as any negotiations until Russia withdraws its forces from all areas of Ukraine.

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