The conflict in Ukraine is not at a dead end, the Kremlin responded to the statement of the Chief of the Ukrainian General Staff Valery Zaluzhny. This was reported by the AFP agency. In an article for The Economist magazine on Wednesday, Zaluzhny said the militaries of the two countries are at a stalemate after more than 20 months of conflict, with Kiev needing new capabilities and technology to turn the war in its favor.
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“No, the conflict is not at a dead end,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (illustrative photo) | Source: Reuters
Ground fighting on the Ukrainian front has been frozen for more than a year, despite a major counteroffensive launched by Ukrainian forces in early June this year, according to AFP. This has so far led to only limited territorial gains.
On the other hand, in recent weeks, the Russian army launched a counterattack around the cities of Avdijivka in the Donetsk region and Kupjansk in the Kharkiv region, but also without significant gains.
Offensives on both sides led to heavy losses of soldiers and equipment, AFP notes. Neither party discloses its losses.
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“No, the conflict is not at a dead end,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. According to him, Russia is “relentlessly continuing its special military operation,” as Moscow officially calls its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Peskov added that Russian troops will continue until they “achieve all the stated goals.”
Zaluzhny wrote in the post that “the war is now entering a new phase: what in the military we call a ‘positional’ war with static and exhausting battles, as in World War I”. There probably won’t be any spectacular breakthrough, he says.
The general also noted that, according to him, the Ukrainian army needs to receive air support in particular. According to analysts, the article was intended, among other things, to remind Kiev’s Western allies, who are now focused on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian radical movement Hamas, of the importance of further support for Ukraine.
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