If Ukraine is given the weapons it needs, a counteroffensive can be mounted by end of summer Ukrainian general

DENYS KARLOVSKYI – WEDNESDAY, 15 JUNE 2022, 20:50

Dmytro Marchenko, General Mayor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in cost of the defence of Mykolaiv, forecasts that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be equipped to start a thriving counteroffensive and liberate territories occupied by Russia by the finish of July if Ukraine gets all of the military gear and weapons that it demands.

Source: Marchenko in an job interview for Radio Svoboda/Krym.Realii [Radio Liberty/Crimea.Reality – ed.]

Quote from Marchenko: “I feel myself to be a realist. I make forecasts centered on the situations and on what’s identified. Probably what I know is not more than enough to make these forecasts.

That this will not be around before long is a simple fact. But then once again: if we are presented all the weapons that we have to have, the counteroffensive could possibly be about by the finish of the summer months.

If we drop time, enable them to fortify their defences, then sure, it will take a little bit more time. With this…I under no circumstances desired to make predictions. I in no way imagined we would be able to repel the selection of troops that we repelled in Mykolaiv. To be honest, I fully considered that we would end up in a cauldron [a ‘cauldron’ or a ‘pocket’ is a military term denoting a very large, strategic-level concentration of trapped forces that have been isolated by opposing forces from their logistical base and other friendly forces – ed.] and would have to combat there, but you can see for yourselves that we have managed to escape that fate.”

Specifics: Basic Marchenko said that negotiations with Russia have reached a stage of no return thanks to the war crimes fully commited by the Russian occupiers in Ukraine. He believes that Ukraine has a distinctive chance to defend its independence and safe its potential as a totally free point out.

Consequently, he rejects proposals to attain a peace arrangement with Russia by building territorial or other concessions.

Background:

• Ukrainian armed forces intelligence predicts that Russian President Vladimir Putin is completely ready to wage a long-long lasting war in opposition to Ukraine, at the very least right until the close of 2022.

• Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defence, has said that the war may possibly conclusion by the conclusion of 2022.

• Navy authorities forecast that by mid-July Ukrainian forces will be ready to launch a counteroffensive against Russian profession forces.