Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed this Sunday, February 25, that Russia had managed to get its hands on plans for the 2023 Ukrainian counter-offensive before it even began, and whose failure dealt a heavy blow to Ukraine.
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“Our counter-offensive plans were on the table of the Kremlin before the actions of the counter-offensive began
,” he said at a press conference.
Questioned by AFP, the presidency confirmed that the Ukrainian president was indeed referring to a leak of information.
Volodymyr Zelensky explained that to compensate for
“information leaks”
in the future, his military leaders were developing several battle plans for 2024.
31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, says Zelensky
The great Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer of 2023 came up against powerful Russian defense lines which exhausted the resources of the Ukrainian army without allowing the regions occupied by Russia to be liberated.
From now on, it is Russian forces who are on the offensive against Ukrainian troops lacking ammunition.
kyiv claimed on Sunday that half of the promised Western weapons were delivered late and American aid, crucial for Ukraine, is currently blocked by Donald Trump's Republican troops, the majority in Congress.
Volodymyr Zelensky also indicated that 31,000 of his soldiers had been killed in the war with Russia, giving for the first time an official assessment of Ukraine's military losses since Moscow launched its offensive on February 24, 2022.