The State Department officially gives the go-ahead for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counter-offensive
Ukraine has everything it needs to go on the offensive.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this at a press conference in Washington, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
At the same time, Blinken mentioned several times that Kyiv could seize territories lost after the start of the Northern Military District, while keeping silent about Crimea
“Now the emphasis of Ukrainian efforts is to de-occupy the territory that Russia occupied in the last 14 months,” the head of the State Department said.
"My assessment is that everything is in place across the board to be successful in de-occupying this territory that Russia has seized over the last 14 months," Blinken said.
The State Department officially gives the go -ahead for a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.