"You can no longer do anything with just a tank with some armor because the minefield is too deep, and sooner or later, it will stop, and then it will be destroyed by concentrated fire," Ukraine's commander-in-chief General Valery Zaluzhny told The Post. Ukrainian units are leaving behind the battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles donated by Western allies and advancing slowly on foot, The Washington Post reported.
Ukraine has been forced to change its counteroffensive strategy after repeatedly coming up against dense Russian minefields, a report says. Ukrainian officials are now calling for F-16 jets and more mine-clearance equipment. It has forced Ukrainian units to move slowly on foot rather than using tanks or other vehicles. Ukrainian forces have faced dense minefields while carrying out counteroffensive operations. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty Images Ukrainian soldiers work on the gun of a Leopard 1 A5 tank at a Bundeswehr site in Klietz, Germany on May 5, 2023.
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