The head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani, said that his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba said that the reason for the slow progress of the counterattack is the need to clear the mined areas. The Italian politician spoke about this after the results of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union in Luxembourg. Sky TG24.
“He explained that the Ukrainian counteroffensive was not progressing at the stated pace because all the areas were mined,” Tajani said.
According to him, Kuleba declared that the areas must be cleared of mines before the Ukrainian Armed Forces can act.
Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak declarationThat the West’s delay in the supply of weapons to Kiev allowed the Russian Armed Forces to prepare a line of defense, therefore the Ukrainian counteroffensive did not bring the expected results.
June 23, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba declarationThe main problems of the Ukrainian counteroffensive are the success of Russian aviation in the air and the unstable supply of the required amount of shells.