Ukraine has enough soldiers. One way or another, 700 thousand fighters are serving today in uniform and with weapons in their hands.. Of these, more than 200 thousand are well prepared for combat missions.. But they lack provision.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and General Alexander Syrsky said this in an interview with The Economist.. In particular, the second of them pointed to the critical importance of ammunition.

" Therefore, everything really depends on the number of deliveries.. And this determines the success of the battle in many cases,” Syrsky explained..

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In turn, General Zaluzhny, who is just forming a new army corps, lists what his soldiers need.

" But I need resources. I need 300 tanks, 600-700 infantry fighting vehicles, 500 howitzers,” he said..

The Economist notes that the additional weapons that Zaluzhny is asking for exceed the total number of armored vehicles of most armies in Europe.. At the same time, time is very important.. If you use reserves in parts, this will lead to the gradual loss of a large amount of manpower..

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This is what Russia did in the Donbas in the summer. If you go on the attack too early, Ukraine will not have a sufficient number of trained and armed units..

“With such resources, I cannot conduct new major operations, although we are currently working on one,” Zaluzny said..

However, if it is too late to go on the offensive, Russia could strike first, tying down Ukrainian forces..

Recently, Fobes wrote that the Ukrainian army is quite possibly preparing for an offensive in the Zaporozhye region.. According to the publication, Ukrainian forces may try to liberate Melitopol and push the Russian army back to Crimea, destroying the land corridor between the peninsula and the occupied part of Donbass.. However, Russian forces are already trying to suppress these Ukrainian efforts..