Situation on front line not a stalemate, says Ukraine's army chief
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Army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi did not say if Ukraine is planning counteroffensive operations over winter.
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KYIV – Ukraine's army chief said on Dec 18 the situation on the front line of the war against Russian forces had not reached a stalemate.
In comments published in November, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi described the war with Russia as moving towards a new stage of static and attritional fighting.
Drawing comparisons with World War I, he said a level of technology had been reached that "puts us into a stalemate".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later denied there was a stalemate in the war.
Asked on Dec 18 whether he considered the battlefield situation now a stalemate, Gen Zaluzhnyi replied "no", Ukraine's RBC media reported.
He declined to comment on whether Ukraine plans counteroffensive operations over winter.
"This is a war. I can't say what I plan, what we should do. Otherwise, it will be a show; not a war," he was quoted as saying.
A Ukrainian counter-offensive in 2023 has made little progress against deeply entrenched Russian positions.
A senior military commander told Reuters separately that front line troops were facing shortages of artillery shells and had scaled back some military operations because of a shortfall of foreign assistance. REUTERS
