“We need a heavy arms exchange,” Mikhail Pontoliak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Monday.
Large amount of heavy weapons calls on Kyiv to prevail over Moscow in the Ukrainian war raging since February 24.
“To put it bluntly – to end the war we need a heavy arms exchange” (with Russia) said Mikhail Pontolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Monday.
Being straightforward – to end the war we need heavy weapons parity:
1000 howitzers caliber 155 mm;
300 MLRS;
500 tanks;
2000 armored vehicles;
1000 drones.Contact Group of Defense Ministers meeting is held in #Brussels on June 15. We are waiting for a decision.
– Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) June 13, 2022
“To end the war with Russia, Ukraine needs 1,000 155mm shells, 300 multiple rocket launchers500 tanks, 2,000 armored vehicles and 1,000 drones “ typically states the Ukrainian official.
“On June 15, a meeting of the Contact Group of Defense Ministers will take place in Brussels. Ukraine awaits decision “ states Pontoliak.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky He stressed in his message that no one knows how long the war will last in his country. However, he said the Ukrainian army was “defying expectations” by preventing Russian troops from taking over. eastern Ukrainewhere fighting has been fiercer for weeks, according to the Associated Press.
In a video message, Zelensky he said proudly for the Ukrainian defenders who managed to contain the Russian advance in the Donbass region, which borders Russia and where the Moscow-backed separatists have controlled much of the territory for eight years.
Fighting around Siverdonetsk continued to rage over the weekend, according to the latest update on developments in Ukraine the British Ministry. Defense.
He further added that in the coming months, river crossing operations in eastern Ukraine would likely be “one of the most important determinants of the course of the war”.
