By May 9, Russia had suffered a strategic defeat, so Ukraine is now entering a new – long-lasting – phase of the war. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov wrote about this on his Facebook page,
KYIV.UkraineGate , 13 , May , 2022 | War News .
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“Many of our fellow citizens consciously or subconsciously perceived May 9 as a rubicon. After all, the Kremlin has repeatedly demonstrated a thirst for deluded symbolism… This day is over. Many people are now somewhat confused and ask – what’s next? What to expect? How to plan your life? on what happened in the last 78 days of the war, which began more than 8 years ago, “Reznikov wrote.
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In particular, the Minister raised the issue of events on the battlefield. According to Reznikov, after the full-scale attack on February 24, Moscow planned that Ukraine would capitulate in a few days. However, Ukrainian defenders, the entire Ukrainian people, repulsed the occupiers and thwarted these plans.
The conditional period “until May 9” has begun. Russian troops changed tactics after suffering heavy losses, losing near Kyiv and failing to achieve any strategic goals.
They fled from Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and set new goals – to capture the south and east of Ukraine. But this did not happen again. According to the Minister, thanks to the mass heroism of our soldiers, the unity of Ukrainians, and international support, Ukraine has survived.
Defense forces in the area of environmental protection, as well as in Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv regions restrained the onslaught of the enemy.
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“Thus, by May 9, Russia had suffered a strategic defeat – it could not destroy the Ukrainian state through military intervention and change of power to Russian puppets. We forced it to reduce the scale of targets to the operational and tactical level.
Against this background, we are entering a new – long – lasting – phase of the war. To win it, you need to carefully plan resources, avoid mistakes, design our strength so that the enemy, in the end, can not stand, “- said the Minister.
He added that “extremely difficult weeks” await Ukrainians. It is unknown exactly how many there will be.
According to them, the worst fears, such as the announcement of a general mobilization in Russia or the official declaration of war against Ukraine, have not been confirmed.
Source: Ukrgate
