"Lay the Way through Minnie Fields": Milli spoke of the Armed Forces counter -offensive

According to the American general, the counter -offensive of Ukraine will be "very long" and "very bloody". The Ukrainian counter -offensive operation is still moving more slowly than expected before, but the Armed Forces go forward confidently and purposefully. The chairman of the Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Mark Millie stated this during a speech at the National Presklub on Friday, June 30, "European Pravda" reports. "This (counter -offensive - ed.

) Is slower than people predicted it. It is not surprising. They (the Armed Forces - Ed. ) Are moving confidently, purposefully, paving their way through very complex minefields," the general explained. He called what was happening "part of the nature of the war" and emphasized that "war on paper and real war is different things. " According to the US military official, the Ukrainian counter -offensive will be "very long" and "very bloody". "Ukrainians are fighting for their existence.

They are fighting against a vast country with a 140 million population and a large army that has a lot of military equipment," Millie said, adding that the White House helps Kiev with all possible means. We will remind, earlier on June 30 the representative of the eastern group of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Sergey Cherevaty told that the Ukrainian military possesses an initiative in the Bakhmut direction, but also the enemy has strong resistance.