War in Ukraine: The Ukrainian army is carrying out counter-offensives, according to the Pentagon – 20 Minutes

kyiv defends itself and even allows itself to claim a few victories on the ground. Indeed, the Ukrainian army leads counter-offensives. Some have made it possible, in the South in particular, to regain ground on the Russian troops, confronted with communication difficulties, assured this Tuesday the spokesman of the Pentagon. The Ukrainian soldiers “are now, in certain situations, at the offensive,” John Kirby told CNN, saying they’re “chasing the Russians and pushing them out of areas where the Russians used to be.” “We know that they have carried out counter-attacks (…) especially in recent days in Mykolaiv”, a key city in southern Ukraine, he added. Not the “coordination” of an “army modern »« We have seen [ces gains territoriaux] increase in recent days” to the benefit of Ukraine, said John Kirby. “This is real proof of their ability to fight by following their plans, adapting and, again, trying to repel the Russian forces”. The latter “do not conduct their operations with the coordination that we would have could expect from a modern army”, explained this spokesman for the American defense. “Their commanders don’t always talk, don’t always coordinate between air and ground forces,” John Kirby said on CNN. The Russians “are in trouble” “We have seen tensions between air and ground forces on how they supported each other, well or with difficulty,” and the same goes for the navy, he continues. “They have problems with the command and control” of the troops. “Very concretely, they find it difficult to talk to each other, and this leads to the use of cell phones in certain cases”, explains this American official. And in addition, “they lack gasoline, they lack food”. “That is why we believe that we have not observed [récemment] real major advance of the Russians, except in the South “, where they are closer to their rear base in Crimea, he added. “So yes, they are in trouble.” Large cities in Ukraine, however, are facing Russian bombardments which have killed hundreds of civilians.