Ukraine has thwarted a strategic offensive planned by Russia for March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday in his evening video address, quoted by Ukrinform.
„The Ukrainian Defense Forces have thwarted the Russian strategic offensive operation that the enemy had planned for March. And although the attacks are constant and the assaults continue, the intensity of the raids and the scale of the confrontation are not what the Russians had planned and what their command had promised the political leadership of Russia,“ said the Ukrainian president.
Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian armed forces for their defense of the country.
According to independent military experts, the offensive of the Russian troops has recently slowed down. On some fronts, especially in the south of the country, the Ukrainians have managed to regain territory through counterattacks, DPA notes.
Ukraine has been defending itself against the Russian invasion for more than four years.