{"id":1944230,"date":"2023-06-05T10:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-ukrainian-troops-are-ready-for-counteroffensive\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:49:36","slug":"zelensky-says-ukrainian-troops-are-ready-for-counteroffensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-ukrainian-troops-are-ready-for-counteroffensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky: Ukrainian troops prepared for counterattack."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelensky-says-ukrainian-troops-are-ready-for-counteroffensive%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ukrainian President Zelensky: Military &#8220;Ready&#8221; for Counteroffensive Against Russian Forces<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p> &#8220;I don\u2019t know how long it will take. To be honest, it can go a variety of ways, completely different. But we are going to do it, and we are ready.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Actor-turned-politician, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has announced that his country&#8217;s military is &#8220;ready&#8221; to begin its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wagner-group-chief-backtracks-on-threat-to-pull-troops-from-bakhmut\/\" title=\"Wagner Group leader retracts troop withdrawal threat from Bakhmut.\">highly anticipated counteroffensive<\/a> to regain the territory occupied by Russian forces. Zelensky &#8220;strongly&#8221; believes his troops will succeed in these efforts, despite acknowledging that a lack of air superiority would likely lead to &#8220;a large number of soldiers&#8221; getting killed in battle, he told the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<h3>Foreign Support and the U.S. Presidential Election<\/h3>\n<p>The United States and other Western countries have provided Kyiv with billions of dollars of military equipment, ammunition, and training on some of the more sophisticated platforms for this offensive. However, Ukraine&#8217;s military does not have everything it has asked for, and some weapons are many months away from reaching the front lines. Some Western plans, such as training Ukrainian pilots on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-seventh-generation-fighter-a-hypersonic-stealth-game-changer\/\" title=\"A Seventh-Generation Fighter: A Hypersonic Stealth Game-Changer?\">fourth-generation aircraft<\/a>, were not intended to conclude before their offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said they desperately needed more Patriot missile-defense systems, though he added, &#8220;We would like to have certain things, but we can&#8217;t wait for months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foreign long-term support may also be on the line with the offensive as well as with the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a> in November 2024. While President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration has provided Ukraine with roughly $37 billion of military aid since the war in Ukraine broke out in February 2022, a number of the Republican presidential candidates have expressed skepticism of providing such aid to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump, the presumed favorite in the primary, said last month that he would seek to end the war quickly but did not say how he would do that. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), another contender, initially called the war a &#8220;territorial dispute,&#8221; incurring backlash, before backtracking.<\/p>\n<h3>Capitol Hill&#8217;s Stance on Providing Aid to Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>There are small factions within both parties on Capitol Hill who want to reduce or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-says-ukrainian-troops-are-ready-for-counteroffensive\/\" title=\"Zelensky: Ukrainian troops prepared for counterattack.\">cease providing aid<\/a> to Ukraine, though the majority of both parties want to continue arming Ukraine. &#8220;In a situation like this, when there is support, you are afraid of changes,&#8221; Zelensky acknowledged. &#8220;And to be honest, when you mention a change of administration, I feel the same way as any other person \u2014 you want changes for the better, but it can also be the other way around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the challenges, Zelensky remains optimistic about Ukraine&#8217;s chances of success. The world watches with bated breath as Ukraine prepares to take on Russian forces in what could be a defining moment in the country&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that his military is prepared to launch a counteroffensive to reclaim the territory occupied by Russian forces. 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