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Joint press conference with Canadian prime minister admits Ukrainian forces counterattack
“Please tell Putin that our military leadership is in a positive mood.”
According to Archyde.com and AFP, President Zelensky made the remarks at a joint press conference held following a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who visited Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on the same day.
The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin first mentioned that Ukraine’s counteroffensive had begun, saying that “so far the Ukrainian regime has failed to achieve its objectives in any combat zone.”
When asked to comment on that, President Zelensky shrugged and acknowledged that a Ukrainian counteroffensive was under way, but declined to comment on specific progress.
“There is a counteroffensive and defensive operation going on in Ukraine, but I won’t go into detail at what stage,” he said.
After naming the top leaders of the Ukrainian armed forces one by one, Zelensky said, “They are all in a positive mood.
Please tell Putin that,” he said, smiling with Prime Minister Trudeau.
Ukraine has declared a counteroffensive for months, but has not made it clear whether it will launch a counteroffensive.
There have been reports that the Ukrainian army has launched a large-scale counterattack in the southeastern regions, including Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but Ukrainian authorities have remained silent and extremely refrained from the expression of a counterattack.
On the 8th, NBC News reported that the Ukrainian army had launched a counterattack, citing a high-ranking Ukrainian army officer and a front-line soldier, but Ukraine denied this.
“We have no such information (launching counteroffensive),” a staff member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said when asked by Archyde.com regarding the content of the NBC report.
In contrast, Russia claims Ukraine launched a massive offensive this week, which failed to break through its defenses and suffered heavy casualties.
While it is currently difficult to determine which side has the upper hand, the Department of Defense Intelligence (DI) under the British Ministry of Defense said on the day that “Ukraine has conducted important operations in several areas in the southeast over the past 48 hours,” adding, “Russian forces in some areas are the first line of defense. There is a high possibility that the .
The DI said, however, that “in other areas, progress in Ukraine has been slower”.
“While some units appear to have carried out credible defensive operations, others retreated in disorder, with reports of casualties mounting as they withdrew through minefields set up by their forces,” the DI said.
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