Entrevista do General Valery Zaluzhny, comandante em chefe das Forças Armadas Ucranianas

General Valery Zaluzhny, the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (Oksana Parafeniuk for The Washington Post)
 

Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patience

 

By Isabelle Khurshudyan

June 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EDT

KYIV, Ukraine — For Ukraine’s counteroffensive to progress faster, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the top officer in Ukraine’s armed forces, says he needs more — of every weapon. And he is telling anyone who will listen, including his American counterpart, Gen. Mark A. Milley, as recently as Wednesday, that he needs those resources now.

In a rare, wide-ranging interview with The Washington Post, Zaluzhny expressed frustration that while his biggest Western backers would never launch an offensive without air superiority, Ukraine still has not received modern fighter jets but is expected to rapidly take back territory from the occupying Russians. American-made F-16s, promised only recently, are not likely to arrive until the fall — in a best-case scenario.

His troops also should be firing at least as many artillery shells as their enemy, Zaluzhny said, but have been outshot tenfold at times because of limited resources.

FONTE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/30/valery-zaluzhny-ukraine-general-interview/