Ready for a counter -offensive: General Millie reported the preparation of 63,000 Armed Forces fighters

According to the American General, the military who will be attacked and other categories of defenders who will assist the counter -offensive were prepared. US Defense Minister Lloyd J. Austin and the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Staff Chiefs, General Mark Millie, participated in a meeting of the Contact Group for Assistance to Ukraine. Answering the questions of journalists, Millie published the number of Ukrainian soldiers who were retraining in the United States.

American officials told about the details of Ukraine's support during a briefing after the committee meeting. In his introductory speech, Minister Austin confirmed that the United States, together with its partners, would continue to support Ukraine. He emphasized that the war that is happening now is "not a sprint, but a marathon.

" He also listed which equipment would soon come to the battlefield: components for the NASAMS air defense system, new Patriot starting installations, LOOPARD tanks, MARDER BMPs, SCalp high -precision missiles and 20,000 shells. The main theses of his speech were published by the press service on the website of the department. Meanwhile, the details of the deciphering questions and answers can be found on the US TV network portal.

In response to one of the questions, General Milly detailed how many Ukrainian military studied in the United States, preparing for a counter -offensive. According to Millie, partners taught 63,000 soldiers who were part of 17 brigades. Of these, 15,000 people were trained in the United States. Different categories of fighters studied: sergeants, officers, staff staff, artillerymen, air defense specialists, artillery engineers, logistics specialists, doctors.

Regarding the content of the preparation, the General said: "This training has developed the skills of creating real commanders and units that will influence the battlefield. " The US Army officer also stressed that the offensive is really slow and explained what the reason is the numerous minefields and fortifications that have erected Russian troops in the occupied territories. It should be noted that on the afternoon of July 18, it became a release of defense forces in Zaporozhye.

In particular, the National Guard fighters from the Azov brigade posted a video where they successfully storm the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The network claims that it is a 5 km advancement in the area of ​​small Tokmachka. In addition, the united forces of the Tavriysk direction, General Alexander Tarnavsky reported that the Armed Forces had caused more than one and a half thousand fire damage over the past 24 hours.

At the same time it was possible to destroy 41 units of military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - armored vehicles, guns, SAU, drones. We remind you that Mark Millie's words are confirmed by the Ukrainian military, with whom the American edition of WP communicated. According to the fighters, the width of mine fields - from 5 to 16 km deep from the front line.