On January 30, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Odesa and talked about the fighting in Donbas and preparations for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It is reported Public.
According to him, all communication regarding the provision of weapons took place before Ramstein, so the decisions made there were "good" for the country:
"We need support now, because the revenge that is being talked about in the information space of the world, it is an understandable revenge. We believe that he did not stop in Donbas. It is constantly increasing there. Every day they have new groups of new military personnel. Or an increase in the number of Wagnerites."
According to Zelenskyi, Ukraine is also preparing its counteroffensive:
"I think that Russia really wants some big revenge, I think that it has started it. I think that they will not be able to provide their society with some positive result of the offensive. I am confident in our army. I think we will stop them all little by little, smash them and prepare our big counteroffensive."
It should be recalled
On January 20, the eighth meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine was held at the American Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The heads of defense departments of almost 50 countries took part in it. The USA will provide 2,5 billion dollars, Germany 1 billion. Ukraine will also receive armored vehicles, artillery, thousands of shells. Several countries helped with air defense systems.
