”We know that the Russians have entrenched themselves in the occupied territories of Ukraine with trenches, minefields and other obstacles to stop a Ukrainian offensive,” acting Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said. “As of today, we are entering the home stretch, when we can say: ‘Yes, everything is ready’,” Reznikov said in televised comments.Īlso Tuesday, Denmark said it was donating 1.7 billion kroner ($251 million) in aid to Ukraine, including mine clearance vehicles, munition, field bridges and money for air defense that will be needed for a counteroffensive against Russian forces that are dug in behind multilayered defensive lines, including hundreds of kilometers (miles) of trenches. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said Monday that the “key things” for the assault’s success were “the availability of weapons, prepared, trained people, our defenders and defenders who know their plan at their level, as well as providing this offensive with all the necessary things - shells, ammunition, fuel, protection, etc.” Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, say they are readying their own counteroffensive - and stockpiling ammunition to sustain it along potentially long supply lines.
“Washington doesn’t have the opportunity to give any correct numbers. He did not explain how the intelligence community derived the number. estimate was based on newly declassified American intelligence. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the U.S.
The White House said Monday it now estimated that just since December Russia had suffered 100,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 killed, as Ukraine rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday described Washington’s latest estimate of Russia’s losses in Ukraine as “spun out of thin air.” “Russia does not have enough munitions to achieve success on the offensive,” it said.
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