southern regions of kherson up to the donbas region. president zelensky said the ukrainian army still needs supplies including armoured vehicles which are only arriving in batches, he said. so, mr president, i ve been here for a few weeks, and i think almost every conversation i have had has touched on the issue of this much anticipated ukrainian counteroffensive. are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, - we re ready, in terms of how motivated our military are, we re ready. in terms of enough personnel in our brigades, we are ready. in terms of equipment, not everything has arrived yet. that s my answer. so you are still waiting for weapons, and the military equipment that was promised to arrive? translation: yes, we are still expecting some things. -
are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, we re ready. in terms of how motivated our military are, we re ready. in terms of enough personnel in our brigades, we re ready. in terms of equipment, not everything has arrived yet. we re expecting armoured vehicles they arrive in batches. we can advance with what we ve got and i think we can be successful, but we will lose a lot of people. i think that is unacceptable. we need to wait, we need a bit more time. from britain today, more help. cruise missiles that could strike targets at least 150 miles away. the donation of these weapons systems gives ukraine the best
the uk has confirmed that it is sending long range cruise missiles to ukraine, as requested, as the country prepares to mount a much anticipated counter offensive. the storm shadow missile, pictured here, has long range capabilities. they can travel more than 150 miles, or 250 kilometres, and are typically launched from the air. our correspondent hugo bachega reports now from kyiv where s he been speaking to ukraine s president zelensky. ukraine is getting ready to attack. a counter is imminent, a major attempt to push back russia. explosions this man will decide when that happens president zelensky. if he delays the push, it gives time for russia to reinforce positions. if he rushes into it, his military could fail. are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, we re ready. in terms of how motivated our military are, we re ready.
there, the head of the mercenary wagner group said territory that had been captured was now being thrown away. the ukrainian counteroffensive will be decided by this man, president zelensky. if he delays the attack it gives time for russia to reinforce positions. if he rushes into it, his military could fail. are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, we re ready. in terms of how motivated our military are, we re ready. in terms of enough personnel in our brigades, we re ready. in terms of equipment, we are expecting armoured vehicles. they arrive in batches. we can advance with what we ve got and i think we can be successful but we will lose a lot of people. i think that is unacceptable. we need to wait. this counteroffensive is likely to be extremely challenging and deadly too, for a country that has already lost so many of its soldiers.
president zelensky. if he delays the attack it gives time for russia to reinforce positions. if he rushes into it, his military could fail. are you ready for this counteroffensive? translation: mentally, we re ready. in terms of how motivated our military are, we re ready. in terms of enough personnel in our brigades, we re ready. in terms of equipment, we are expecting armoured vehicles. they arrive in batches. we can advance with what we ve got and i think we can be successful but we will lose a lot of people. i think that is unacceptable. we need to wait. this counteroffensive is likely to be extremely challenging and deadly too, for a country that has already lost so many of its soldiers. ukraine knows it needs to succeed to guarantee continued military support from the west so that this doesn t become another frozen conflict.