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[Regnum] The Ukrainian army can prepare to a new counter-offensive in 2024. This opinion was expressed on December 16 by German security expert and political adviser Nico Lange, as quoted by the newspaper Die Welt.
“Ukraine is likely gathering resources for a new counter-offensive next year,” he said.
According to the expert, Kherson could be the starting point for a new counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops.
Kyiv’s offensive plans can be evidenced by the list of weapons it transferred to Washington: Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, F-16 and F-18 aircraft, various missile systems, Abrams tanks, drones and ammunition, the authors of the article noted.
“In general, the Ukrainian order indicates a new attempt to transition to a maneuver war, if possible using a combination of different combat systems, which was never realized during the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer,” — Lange clarified.
The publication recalled that in the summer the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to break through Russian defense lines with the help of German Leopard tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, but their counter-offensive was a disaster.
As reported IA Regnum, on December 14, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba announced a “difficult” military situation for Kyiv in the conflict zone. He also admitted that the counter-offensive of Ukrainian troops did not achieve rapid success.
Earlier on the same day, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the special operation showed that Russia is impossible win the military conflict. The politician admitted that the Ukrainian conflict would drag on due to the tense situation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on December 13 that US politicians, after the failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counter-offensive, stopped saying that they want Russia’s strategic defeat. According to him, now they say thatRussia cannot be allowed to win in Ukraine.
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