China News Service, February 4th, according to comprehensive foreign media reports. On the 3rd local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky continued to call on "partner countries" to provide military assistance to Ukraine, saying that "Russia wants to retaliate" and that if the weapons are strengthened, it will Launch a large-scale counteroffensive in late February or early spring.
Data map: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
According to "Russia Today" (RT) reports, on the 3rd local time, at a press conference after the EU-Ukraine summit held in Kyiv, when asked what the Ukrainian authorities were going to do at the end of February this year, Zelensky replied: , "We are preparing."
"Our intelligence services and the military believe that the pressure will increase in eastern Ukraine. Russia wants to retaliate where it has previously failed. This retaliation is exactly what they need. Our task is to deny them that opportunity until our military is properly augmented with weapons. I think we have a chance," Zelenskiy said.
Previously, the United States and its allies have promised to provide Kyiv with main battle tanks, including heavy tanks such as the American M1 "Abrams", the British "Challenger 2" and the German "Leopard 2". weeks or months.
According to previous reports, Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said that Russia was preparing a new major offensive and warned that it could start as soon as February 24.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russian media on the 2nd that Russia has everything needed to complete the mission of special military operations.
Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 3rd that Dmitry Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, said that Russia will continue to work hard to achieve the goals of special military operations.