2023-06-19 14:07:13
By Le Figaro
Posted 47 minutes ago, Updated 38 minutes ago
A Ukrainian soldier. STRINGER / REUTERS
“We won’t see an offensive in the next seven days,” warns Margo Grosberg.
«Chuuuuut“. On social networks, the Ukrainian army, miming a finger on the lips the international sign of silence, still imposed in the first days of June the black-out full information on his spring counter-offensive. Both for obvious reasons of security in the conduct of operations and to avoid publicity of progress in a specific direction. Highly anticipated by Westerners, who are watching Ukrainian advances with interest, the spring counter-offensive launched on June 8 might mark a “operational pausein the coming days, according to Estonian military intelligence chief Margo Grosberg. He said in a press conference on June 16 that “we won’t see an offensive in the next seven days».
«The initiative is obviously in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces, which means that they can choose when, where and how they will attack enemy units.“, he specifies. Russia, he reports, has spentmost of the last nine monthsto build defensive installations, which reach in some places, including Melitopol, five lines of defense and an incalculable number of “support points“. Military doctrine dictates that the attacker, in an open area, has a numerical advantage of one to three. However, for Ukraine, according to Margo Grosberg, “the odds are regarding one to one».
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«For this reason and in order not to take unnecessary risks, the Ukrainians approach their operation more methodically, cautiously and discreetly, because human and technical resources are essentially worth their weight in gold“, he added. Since its launch on June 8, the Ukrainian counter-offensive has freed up 113 square kilometers, kyiv announced on Monday morning. An offensive that is still in its infancy.
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