Hearing that offensive is slow is annoying as every metre gained is paid for in blood − Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has said that soldiers pay in blood for liberation of every metre of Ukrainian land, so he is annoyed by other people's comments that the counteroffensive is slower than expected.

Source: Zaluzhnyi in an interview for The Washington Post

Quote from Edition: "So it ‘pisses me off’, Zaluzhnyi said when he hears that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive in the country’s east and south has started slower than expected. According to him, his troops are moving forward every day, even if it is only 500 metres."

Quote from Zaluzhnyi: "This is not a show. It's not a show the whole world is watching and betting on or anything. Every day, every metre is given by blood."

Details: The Commander-in-Chief stressed that for the Ukrainian counteroffensive to move faster, it needs much more of each type of weapon and the air superiority that can be gained with the acquisition of F-16 fighters.

He said that without the troops being fully supplied, these plans are generally unfeasible, but despite everything, "they are being implemented."

"Yes, maybe not as fast as the participants in the show, the observers, would like, but that is their problem," Zaluzhnyi summed up.

Background:

Zaluzhnyi recently reported that the defence forces of Ukraine could seize the strategic initiative at the front and were moving forward.

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