![]() ![]() And it is always useful for Ukraine to increase pressure for more western military hardware. The Economist’s defence editor Shashank Joshi wrote on Twitter that “Of course this is what you’d say if the counter-offensive was about to begin,” appending a shrug emoji. Ukrainian commanders have also said that Kyiv lacks vital weapons for the new push – but there are also reasons to be sceptical. “It will happen.” But yesterday, he suggested that despite endless speculation about the timing, his country’s forces were not yet ready. “We are preparing for it,” Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in April. But it is also extremely difficult to maintain.Īfter the stalemate of winter, Ukraine has talked openly about a planned counteroffensive for months. ![]() Surprises over timing and location are the most powerful tool at Ukraine’s disposal as it attempts to regain lost territory, break Russian supply lines, and bolster western support for the long war that likely lies ahead. Ukraine’s greatest success of the war so far came when it successfully fooled Moscow into thinking its September attack would come in the south, and not in the northern Kharkiv region. My colleague Archie Bland looks at what a Ukrainian counter-offensive might mean in practice in today’s First Edition newsletter: ![]()
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