The British government announced Thursday it was giving long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine to help drive out Russia's occupying forces.
brought speculation that the counteroffensive was already underway. But Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine's Operational Command East, told The Associated Press the attack was not the"grand counteroffensive, but it's a harbinger showing that there will be more such attacks in the future."
Moscow has repeatedly explained its lack of advances on the battlefield as an effort to protect civilians, but those claims have been proven false. European Union Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the possible need to delay a counteroffensive was a sign that the West must step up its military support for Ukraine.
"The Russians will have to focus on quantity," he said."Larger number of conscripts and mobilized people. Not well-trained. Older materiel, but large numbers, and not as precise, not as good as the newer ones."
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