WP: The Ukrainian army said that motivation alone for an offensive is not enough – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“The guys are tired, very tired. They are still motivated. But you can’t win with motivation alone,” admitted a soldier from the 128th independent mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The publication’s journalists learned that the Ukrainian army does not have enough artillery shells, so they must cancel the planned offensives. The Russian army does not have that problem, the publication emphasizes.

According to the publication, due to the lack of ammunition, anxiety in kyiv intensified. Western aid is delayed.

The situation on the battlefield is difficult and gradually worsening, said Verkhovna Rada deputy Yegor Chernev.

It is also noted that the Russian military took the initiative on the battlefield. They managed to take control of new territories. “The recent offensives by the Russian Armed Forces are further proof of this,” writes the NYT.