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Ukraine Brigadier General Andriy Biletsky says Russian Army is exhausted, and Ukraine has a critical six to nine month window to gain battlefield initiative.
93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ukrainian servicemen of the Black Raven battalion ride in vehicles along a road covered with a net to protect vehicles from drone attacks at an undisclosed location. (Image: AFP)
After four years of war with Russia, Ukraine may have six to nine months of window to seize the battlefield initiative from Moscow and strengthen its hand for peace talks as the Russian army is exhausted.
In an interview with Reuters, Brigadier General Andriy Biletsky, who commands Ukraine’s Third Army Corps, said he believes Russian army is exhausted and incapable of making major breakthroughs.
“If Ukraine’s military can build and maintain momentum over several months, it can gain the initiative along the frontline and push Russia to abandon its designs on the last part of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine that it does not yet occupy," he said.
“I believe the next six to nine months are a turning point," Biletsky said from an undisclosed underground location in the northeastern Kharkiv region. “More precisely, I think the next six are the most critical."
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