Ukraine’s Top General Says He Needs More Western Arms for Counteroffensive

Even though the US and its NATO allies have provided a massive amount of arms to Ukraine, the country’s commander-in-chief has said more is needed for Ukrainian forces to advance more rapidly in their counteroffensive.

In an interview with The Washington Post published Saturday, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny said he was frustrated because Ukraine’s Western backers would never launch a major counteroffensive without air superiority and complained about that lack of modern fighter jets.

Zaluzhny also said Ukrainian forces should be able to fire as many artillery rounds as their enemy on the battlefield. But in some cases, Russia has fired 10 times as much artillery as Ukraine. He said because of these reasons, Western comments about the counteroffensive being off to a slow start “pisses me off.”