Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday his country was ready to launch counteroffensive and defence official said Russian missile barrages had not affected timing
Ukraine’s plans for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation remain on track, its deputy defence minister told Reuters on Saturday, despite an “unprecedented” wave of missile and drone attacks across the country in recent weeks.
Havrylov called Russia’s heavy use of ballistic missiles in May a “last strategic resort” and noted that his country’s air defence systems had been “more than 90 per cent effective” against the attacks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday his country was ready to launch a much-awaited counteroffensive. Havrylov said the missile barrages had not affected the timing.Ukraine will “start the counteroffensive, with the ambition to liberate our territories this year,” he added.Havrylov declined to comment about recent drone attacks and border incursions into Russian territory, including some strikes that reached near Moscow.
Havrylov, who joined defence and military officials from all over the world at the Singapore meeting, said Ukraine expects NATO allies to provide a detailed roadmap to membership at the defence pact’s summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next month. He dismissed a proposal by Indonesia’s defence minister at the Singapore meetings to establish a demilitarized zone to halt the fighting in Ukraine, saying: “We are not going to negotiate any deal related to loss of our territory, including Crimea.”
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