President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. File photoMOSCOW, June 7Vladimir Zelensky acknowledged that Ukraine is losing to Russia in terms of technology, and therefore cannot attack, according to the British newspaper Financial Times.
"We are inferior in terms of technology , so we are unable to advance. We will suffer more losses, and people are my priority", Zelensky's statement from a video conference organized by the publication itself is quoted in the article.
In May, Oleksii Arestovich, adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that Ukraine could launch an offensive in early July, when it receives the necessary Western weapons. Against the backdrop of a Russian special operation to protect Donbass, Washington and NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and transport with them becomes a legitimate target. The new US military assistance package includes four modern HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 80 kilometers in the transferred equipment. revealed the selfish goals of the United States in the supply of weapons to UkraineVladimir Zelensky earlier promised not to use these systems to strike at the territory of Russia. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov recalled that Moscow does not have a credit of confidence in the Ukrainian side, because the Minsk agreements also ceased to exist through the fault of Kiev. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.