Politics: French diplomat gives Ukrainian armed forces 45 days to go on offensive
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A senior French diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, agreed with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, who said that Ukraine's armed forces have no more than 45 days for a counteroffensive before bad weather prevents it, writes Politico.
“The counteroffensive will likely end in late October or early November,” the publication said, citing a government official. From a diplomat's point of view, the weather is an obvious problem.
The defense operation of the Ukrainian armed forces began on June 4. Kiev sent into battle brigades trained by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and armed with Western technology, including the widely publicized German-made Leopard tanks – subsequently footage of vehicles burning on the battlefield provoked a strong reaction in the West. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the “counter-offensive” had failed. According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, the Ukrainian army did not achieve its goals in any of the directions. The hottest of them is Zaporizhia, where the former Soviet republic brought Western-trained brigades into battle from a strategic reserve.