"Unfortunately, the level of equipment that we have is still not enough to launch a counteroffensive," Zhovkva said in an interview with Sky News.

According to him, Zelensky went on a trip to European countries in order to request additional military assistance.

He noted that Kiev expects maximum success from the counteroffensive.

Earlier, Zelensky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine need a little more time to conduct a counteroffensive.

According to the Financial Times, Ukrainian officials are not sure that the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army will be successful.

Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter doubted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could launch a counteroffensive.