“Russian Forces Launch Offensive in Donetsk Region, Ukraine Prepares for Counter-Offensive”

Ukraine has accumulated the necessary minimum of weapons to launch a counter-offensive “in the near future”

The Russian armed forces have gone on the offensive in the Donetsk region to capture Avdeevka.

They are observed there on the spot fierce battles, Telegram channels report.

“Between the villages of Vodiane and Pervomaiskoe, as well as Pervomaiskoe and Nevelskoe, the armed forces of the Russian Federation are attacking to break through the defense of the armed forces of Ukraine,” the publication notes.

According to military correspondents, Ukrainian military analysts have recognized the successes of Russian servicemen in the Avdeevka direction.

Russian army managed to advance on the railroad tracks and take control of two forest ranges and part of a forest belt with two junctions.

Fighting was observed north of Krasnokhorovka and west of the village of Novobakhmutivka. In addition, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun to transfer reserves and are also trying to conduct a counterattack in some areas to regain lost positions.

On the eve it was reported that the Russian military captured three fighters from the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Kholodny Yar”. The Ukrainian soldiers were taken to a prisoner of war camp.

Ukraine has accumulated the necessary minimum of weapons to launch a counteroffensive and it will begin “in the near future.”

This was stated by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, in an interview with NHK.

At the same time he added that Kyiv still needs of “a large stock of arms and ammunition” to continue hostilities.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that the counter-offensive of Ukraine’s armed forces has been delayed as Kiev waits for additional supplies of military equipment and ammunition from Western countries.