Former US Special Representative for Ukraine Ambassador Kurt Volker believes that in the near future Ukrainian defenders will be able to liberate settlements around Nikolaev, Kherson and Kharkov. This will happen immediately after the Armed Forces of Ukraine master powerful Western weapons.

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He also warned that massive artillery attacks would continue throughout the summer, which could lead to a large number of casualties on both sides..

“We will also see, I think, that the Ukrainians will advance and take back control of the territory around Nikolaev and eventually reach the city of Kherson in the south, and also push the Russians further away from Kharkov,” the diplomat predicts..

Volker added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already exhausted the Russian occupiers in battles, but there will still be difficult battles ahead..

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On June 12, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that the fighting continues on 1105 km of the front, when its total length is 2450 km.

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