(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military chief mentioned on Monday the state of affairs on the entrance line of the battle in opposition to Russian forces had not reached a stalemate.
In feedback revealed final month, Basic Valeriy Zaluzhnyi described the battle with Russia as shifting in direction of a brand new stage of static and attritional preventing and, drawing comparisons with World Conflict one, mentioned a stage of expertise had been reached that “places us right into a stalemate.”President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later denied there was a stalemate within the battle.
Requested on Monday whether or not he thought of the battlefield state of affairs now a stalemate, Zaluzhnyi replied “No”, Ukraine’s RBC media reported.
He declined to touch upon whether or not Ukraine plans counteroffensive operations over winter.
“It is a battle, I am unable to say what I plan, what we must always do. In any other case, it is going to be a present, not a battle,” he was quoted as saying.
A Ukrainian counteroffensive this 12 months has made little progress in opposition to deeply entrenched Russian positions.
A senior navy commander instructed Reuters individually that frontline troops have been dealing with shortages of artillery shells and had scaled again some navy operations due to a shortfall of international help.
(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; modifying by Jason Neely and Timothy Heritage)
