The Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively preparing for a counteroffensive. To conduct offensive operations, the Ukrainian military needs at least millions of shells.

This opinion was expressed on the air of Channel 24 by a military analyst, a major in the reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war Alexei Getman. According to him, the United States increased the production of shells by 10 times.

APU needs shells for counteroffensive

Hetman noted that Europe was not preparing for a war in Ukraine, so their industry is not ready to switch to a military footing and increase the production of weapons and shells, in particular.

We may not have prepared for war, as we are accused, but our partners did not either. If we were prepared, we could now very quickly rebuild our industry on a war footing and provide us with everything we need within 2-3 weeks, he believes.

The military analyst emphasized that the United States has very quickly increased the production of ammunition by 10 times. He stressed that for a successful counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at least a million shells are required.

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Ukraine is preparing for a counteroffensive: what is known

• Ukraine is preparing a counter-offensive operation. According to NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, everything is going according to Ukraine's plan. He stressed that one should not rush to the terms of the counteroffensive. It is being prepared, and everything will be decided by the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. They listen to the proposals of the Ukrainian military.
• According to Roman Svitan, the climactic fights will happen quickly enough. The Russians are literally “blown away” – and the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin. As the colonel of the reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted, counter-offensive actions will not be carried out in the East of Ukraine.
• Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, stressed that the counteroffensive should be a surprise for the enemy. Therefore, there should be less discussion about when things can happen.