"Not a failure": Ukraine has not yet used all the fighting power in the Armed Forces counter -offensive - US General

According to General Mark Millie, the Ukrainian military progresses slowly through the minefields. The command saves the lives of servicemen, and therefore slowing is normal. The counter -offensive of the Armed Forces slowed down, but it cannot be called failure. This was stated by the Chairman of the Joint Committee of US Headquarters General Mark Millie, CNN writes. According to him, the promotion of the Defense Forces of Ukraine is moving more slowly than expected.

However, there is a difference between war on paper and war in reality. "It started about five or six weeks ago, and various military exercises that were conducted in advance provided for certain levels of promotion, why? Because it is the difference between war on paper and a real war," Millie said. He said that in a real war, people are clearing mine fields in combat vehicles. Unfortunately, many die. When this happens, the troops slow down.

Millie is convinced that this is right as you need to survive and go through mine fields. "This is far from failure. In my opinion, it is too early to make such statements. I think there are many more fights ahead," Millie said. He also noted that Ukraine still has a significant military power that it did not use in the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces. "Now they keep their fighting power and slowly, thoughtfully and steadily lay their way through all these minefields," Millie said.

We will remind that Mark Millie also said that the event had already taught 63 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces. At the same time, he stressed 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, Leopard tanks, MARDER BMPs, SCalp high -precision missiles and 20,000 shells.