Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday that Kyiv could launch a counteroffensive against Russian troops as late as this summer, noting that Ukraine does not feel "the pressure from our friends and partners," APA reports citing Sputnik.
"We do not feel the pressure from our friends and partners vis-a-vis the start of the offensive," Shmyhal said in an interview with The Hill, adding that the counteroffensive could be launched as late as the summer.
"All of our friends and partners do comprehend clearly that in order to go into counteroffensive, one must be 100 percent, and even more percent prepared to do so."
The prime minister noted that the most intense pressure to start the counteroffensive comes from within Ukraine.
When asked about how the leak of top secret Pentagon documents containing information on the Ukraine conflict affected counteroffensive plans, Shmyhal said that "Ukraine will liberate its lands."
"We have proven multiple times that we can do it. From our international partners we ask for more military capabilities, like tanks, ammunition, planes, armored vehicles," he said.
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