7/4/2023 0 Comments The invisible committee![]() ![]() Ukraine’s armed forces were unlikely to embark on a major frontal offensive until they had weakened Moscow’s battlefield capability, he indicated. “That’s already happening too, probably,” he said. A second stage involved seeking out and eliminating Russian command and control centres, causing a breakdown of communications with troops in the field. ![]() The first involved the step-by-step elimination of Russia’s military potential, with strikes against logistical targets such as weapons depots and fuel dumps. Kostenko said the campaign was already unfolding in stages. ![]() According to Kostenko, Ukraine’s long-anticipated push should be understood as a rolling “spring-summer campaign” against an entrenched and powerful adversary. Speaking earlier the same day, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said his forces needed more time. On Thursday night, Russian military bloggers erroneously reported that it had started. There has been intense speculation that Kyiv is about to launch a major counteroffensive. ![]()
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