'We are ready to do this,' the Ukrainian president told The Wall Street Journal.
, in an article published on Saturday, that he did not know how long the counteroffensive would take and expressed concerns about Moscow's air superiority.
"It can go a variety of ways, but we are going to do it, and we are ready," he told the paper."We strongly believe that we will succeed." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, on June 2, 2023. He said his forces are"ready" for the long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia.Calling for more U.S.-made Patriot missile defense systems, he said that a lack of protection from Russian air power would mean that a"large number of soldiers will die." He added that he would have liked to have been given more weapons from the West,"but we can't wait for months.
Much depends on the counteroffensive in which Ukraine will be looking to retake occupied Russian territory that could cement further Western diplomatic and military support for Kyiv to continue the fight.
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