President Zelensky says Ukraine's counteroffensive has been 'slowed' by tough Russian defenses and wishes Western weapons had arrived earlier
Speaking with CNN’s Erin Burnett in Odesa, Zelensky said that in some areas of the country his military cannot “even think of starting” attacks, because it does not have “the relevant weapons.” “I’m grateful to the US as the leaders of our support,” he told Burnett through a translator, “but I told them as well as the European leaders that we would like to start our counteroffensive earlier, and we need all the weapons and materiel for that.
” ‘Where did Putin go?’ Burnett’s interview with Zelensky comes at a crucial moment – weeks into Ukraine’s counteroffensive, but also in the wake of Wagner’s armed rebellion in Russia last month. The short-lived uprising, launched by the paramilitary group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 23, posed the greatest threat to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authority in two decades. And Zelensky told CNN that Putin will now be attempting to shore up his power and “consolidate his society.
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