{"id":1947962,"date":"2023-06-15T11:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-admits-ukraine-counteroffensive-has-been-difficult\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:29:41","slug":"zelensky-admits-ukraine-counteroffensive-has-been-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-admits-ukraine-counteroffensive-has-been-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky acknowledges Ukraine&#8217;s challenging counteroffensive."},"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\">10<\/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-admits-ukraine-counteroffensive-has-been-difficult%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=1947962&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 Volodymyr Zelensky: Counteroffensive Progress and Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged on Thursday that the country&#8217;s counteroffensive against Russia has yielded &#8220;generally positive&#8221; results so far. However, he emphasized that the journey has not been easy.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv claims to have liberated several villages from Russian control in the past week. However, there have been no major breakthroughs in the southern or eastern regions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges Faced by Ukrainian Troops<\/h3>\n<p>Zelensky expressed his admiration for the heroic Ukrainian people and troops on the front lines, who are facing tough resistance. He stated, &#8220;Because for Russia to lose this campaign to Ukraine, I would say, actually means losing the war.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar echoed this sentiment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-admits-ukraine-counteroffensive-has-been-difficult\/\" title=\"Zelensky acknowledges Ukraine's challenging counteroffensive.\">acknowledging limited progress due<\/a> to strong resistance from Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Maliar explained, &#8220;The offensive continues in several directions, and the armed forces are also gradually but surely advancing there.&#8221; However, she cautioned that &#8220;the enemy is putting up strong resistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She further emphasized that all defense forces are engaged in both offensive and defensive operations, as the enemy is also carrying out offensive actions.<\/p>\n<h3>Russian Attacks and International Support<\/h3>\n<p>While Ukrainian troops strive to liberate territory, Russia continues to launch indiscriminate rocket attacks within Ukraine. These attacks have resulted in casualties, including a recent strike on a residential building in the city of Kryvyi Rih.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Western defense leaders from approximately 50 countries are convening in Brussels for the Defense Contact Group meeting. Led by United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the group meets monthly to discuss Ukraine&#8217;s evolving needs.<\/p>\n<p>Austin affirmed the United States&#8217; commitment to Ukraine, stating, &#8220;Ukraine&#8217;s fight is a marathon and not a sprint. So we will continue to provide Ukraine with the urgent capabilities that it needs to meet this moment, as well as what it needs to keep itself secure for the long term from Russian aggression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States has recently announced two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-halted-ukraine-military-aid-ahead-of-putin-meeting\/\" title=\"Biden White House Halted Ukraine Military Aid Ahead Of Putin Meeting\">military aid packages<\/a> for Ukraine, one aimed at addressing immediate needs and another focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-is-wrong-americans-should-be-first-in-line-for-american-made-vaccines\/\" title=\"Greta Thunberg Is Wrong. Americans Should Be First In Line For American-Made Vaccines.\">long-term goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Zelensky admitted that their counteroffensive had brought &#8220;generally positive&#8221; outcomes, though it was challenging. Kyiv has reclaimed a few villages from Russian control recently, but no significant advances have been made against Russia in the south or east.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1947963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[10179,8247,10006,10704,8630],"class_list":["post-1947962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-acknowledges","tag-challenging","tag-counteroffensive","tag-ukraines","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}