- According to the governor of the Mykolaiv region, Western-supplied artillery weapons are already making a difference on the ground for Ukraine, and it is “only a matter of time” before its forces reclaim a major area in the south.
- Governor Vitaliy Kim told Reuters that Ukrainian forces had “some success” in recent weeks in a counterattack in the neighbouring Kherson area, which is partially seized by Russia but remains one of only two with substantial access to the Black Sea. It is already working in our region.”
- He declined to say what specific Western artillery systems were working there.
According to the governor of the Mykolaiv region, Western-supplied artillery weapons are already making a difference on the ground for Ukraine, and it is “only a matter of time” before its forces reclaim major area in the south.
Governor Vitaliy Kim told Reuters that Ukrainian forces had “some success” in recent weeks in a counterattack in the neighbouring Kherson area, which is partially seized by Russia but remains one of only two with substantial access to the Black Sea.
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Asked when Western weapons would start to make a difference on the ground against Russian forces that invaded the country on Feb. 24, he said: “It is already happening … and we will have (more) success.”
“We are talking about artillery,” he said. “It is already working in our region.” He declined to say what specific Western artillery systems were working there.
While both Russia and Ukraine have poured resources into the war for control of the eastern industrial Donbas region in recent weeks, the destiny of Ukraine’s remaining Black Sea coastline in Odesa and Mykolaiv is critical to the country’s economic future.
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