Offensive means huge losses, – Arestovich/Illustrative photo
Ukraine is ready to inflict a military defeat on the invaders. However, an offensive is much more difficult to carry out than a defense. The Ukrainian army will have huge losses.
Alexei Arestovich, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office, spoke about this on Channel 24.
Arestovich stressed that Ukraine is ready to liberate all territories – Donbass, Crimea, and even, as he joked, the enslaved peoples of Russia. It only depends on how many weapons from the West there will be and how the war will go.
The adviser to the head of the OP says that the offensive is very difficult. The Armed Forces of Ukraine skillfully defend, but it is much more difficult to conduct an offensive, at least 5 times more difficult.
We will change places with the Russians – we will go along the roads, and they will shoot at us from every bush. It will be a huge loss. It must be understood that the offensive means huge losses, usually three times more than those of the defenders. – said Arestovich.
He added that President Volodymyr Zelensky said our goal is to liberate all of Ukraine, including Crimea. It will be by military means, military-political, etc.
“We are ready to inflict a military defeat on the Russians. But whether we succeed depends on the help of the West and our ability to fight to the end… At the very least, the fact that we will drive them to the state of “February 23″ is unambiguous,” summed up Arestovich.
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By the way, Aleksey Arestovich also said that our troops are heroically holding the front line, although the occupiers are pressing hard before May 9th. In particular, the Russians are still trying to break through in three main directions: Izyumskoye, Zaporozhye and Kherson.
Russia will be able to capture the entire territory of Ukraine within 3-5 days. According to the most optimistic forecast, this should have happened in 3 weeks.
