OLEKSII MAKEIEV, PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Oleksii Makeiev has said that delays in the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine are the reason why the current counteroffensive by the Ukrainian defence forces is not meeting expectations in terms of its pace.
Source: Makeiev, in an interview with public radio Deutschlandfunk, fragments of which were published by the DPA news agency on Saturday; European Pravda
Details: The ambassador pointed out that hesitant military support from Western partners is one of the reasons for the difficulties Ukraine has been facing in its counteroffensive.
“Russia had time to build barricades,” Makeiev said.
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He added that “training and equipping” Ukrainian assault brigades took a long time. These brigades, he said, are now fully equipped with Western weapons and ammunition.
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