Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said in an interview with the BBC that the Ukrainian offensive in the south of the country has achieved partial success, but weather conditions will persist for another 30-45 days.
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The Ukrainians have had very consistent success, and they maintain significant depth in the fighting force. There remains a reasonable amount of time, probably 30-45 days, of combat-ready weather. So, the Ukrainians are not finished, the battle is not over yet […], said the general. “We’ll see, it’s too early to say how this will all end.” But at least they were partially successful in what they set out to do, that’s important.
Milley clarified that in a month and a half, “the cold weather will set in, it will become very dirty, and then it will be very difficult to maneuver, and only after that will the middle of winter come.”
Kiev is quite skeptical about Washington’s statements that the actions of the Ukrainian army are so dependent on the weather, a BBC correspondent reports.
They remind that last year Kherson was fired on November 11 – there are still more than 45 days left until this date. Last winter was relatively mild, but the slowdown in Ukrainian offensive efforts was due primarily to shortages of equipment and ammunition rather than weather.
British Conservative MP Bob Seeley, a member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, who came to Kyiv last week, also said that it was better not to give the Russian army a break.
Every time there is a pause in the fighting, he told the correspondent, the Russians have the opportunity to dig in. It is necessary to maintain the initiative. We cannot stop, like last year, and wait for Western technology. We must continue to fight at any time of the year,” Seeley was quoted as saying by the BBC.
Source: Racurs
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