According to Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov, these reserves include most brigades recently trained in Western countries and equipped with modern NATO tanks and armored vehicles. He added the liberation of a group of villages in recent weeks was a preview of a much bigger push to come and not “the main event” of the military campaign.
Reznikov said the operation would differ from last year’s defense of Kyiv and the counter-offensives in Kherson and Kharkiv. Ukraine had made certain gains that the general staff had not made public to avoid exposing troops.
“Sometimes, the Russians are afraid to report their loss of a territory to their leadership, that’s why people do not hear about some of our success,” Reznikov said. “When we start a real counteroffensive, you will all see it. Everyone will see everything,” Reznikov said.