"War not to win old weapons": Zaluzhny told the consequences of the Western caution

This means that the weapon supplied by the event was enough to support Ukraine in the war, but not enough to allow it to win. The general told this in an interview with The Economist. According to Zaluzhny, holding back the supply of long -range missile systems and tanks, the West allowed Russia to regroup and strengthen the defense after a sudden breakthrough in the Kharkiv region in the north and in Kherson in the south at the end of 2022.

"These systems were most relevant to us last year, but they only appeared this year. I do not complain. They are not obliged to give us anything, and we are grateful for what we have, but I just state the facts," the general said . The same situation is now with the F-16 aircraft, which are expected to enter Ukraine only next year. According to the commander -in -chief, they will now be less useful, partly because Russia has improved its air defense in a year and a half of the war.

In particular, the experimental version of the C-400 rocket system is capable of striking goals outside the Dnieper. According to General Zaluzhny, the delay in the supply of weapons, though disappointed, is not the main reason for the difficult situation of Ukraine. "It is important to understand that this war can not be won by weapons of the last century and outdated methods.

They will inevitably lead to delay and, as a consequence, defeat," - says Zaluzhny, emphasizing that the decisive importance in this war will have technology. Today, on November 2, OP OP Andriy Yermak reported that the Russian long-range R-400 air defense missile could fly to a whole distance of up to 400 kilometers. The remains of such a rocket were found in the Zaporozhye direction. We will remind, Zaluzhny called five "keys" before the victory of Ukraine.