Ukrainian troops began to conduct “formative” operations on the eve of the expected counteroffensive. This was reported by the TV channel. CNNIt refers to two high-ranking Western soldiers and officials.
According to them, during this operation, weapons depots, command centers, armored and artillery systems are attacked and the bridgehead is prepared for offensive operations. The interlocutors of the channel note that such tactics are standard and are used before large combined maneuvers.
On the eve of Bloomberg, the West from December 2022 provided Ukraine has more than 200 tanks and 300 infantry fighting vehicles and other weapons as part of Kiev’s counterattack preparations.
Martin O’Donnell, previously spokesman for the US Army Europe and Africa Command, sent Ukraine has about 600 types of weapons for counterattack.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.