Zelensky: Ukrainian Armed Forces lack ammunition for counteroffensive, only enough for defense

Zelensky: Ukrainian Armed Forces lack ammunition for counteroffensive, only enough for defense

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Ukraine lacks ammunition for a counteroffensive against Russia and only has enough for defense, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Currently, the Ukrainian Defense Forces do not have the ammunition to launch a counteroffensive. There is enough ammunition only for defense. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a telethon, UNN reports .

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We do not have any shells for counteroffensive actions. There are several initiatives to protect our country that have started working, and we are receiving weapons. (...) The brigades in the more tense areas are fairly distributed. There are no favorites. Today we have all of this

- the Head of State emphasized.

He added that there are also not enough weapons to disrupt the Russian counteroffensive.

As for disrupting their actions in one direction or another, for example, to work on their airfields or aircraft, warehouses or bases, we have the appropriate long-range projectile or weapon for this. But this is what we lack

- the President of Ukraine recognized.

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