Gen. Mark Milley said on Friday that Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia will be 'very, very bloody,' noting that progress is not being made as quickly as hoped.
Gen. Mark Milley said on Friday that Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia will be"very, very bloody," noting that progress is not being made as quickly as hoped.
"What I had said was this is going to take six, eight, ten weeks; it's going to be very difficult," Milley told reporters at the National Press Club."It's going to be very long, and it's going to be very, very bloody. And no one had any illusions about any of that," Milley said. Milley, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman and principal military adviser to President Joe Biden, said Ukrainian forces are advancing"through very difficult minefields" and making progress of 500 to 2,000 meters per day. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed in a recent interview with the BBC that approximately 200,000 square kilometers, or 77,220 square miles, of occupied territory, had been mined by Russian forces.In June, CIA director William J.
"What's at stake is people's lives," Zelensky told the BBC."Whatever some might want, including attempts to pressure us, with all due respect, we will advance on the battlefield the way we deem best."
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