Military experts cite six factors affecting the course of events at the front in early 2023: weather, the battle for Bakhmut, the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian defense, the offensive of the Russians, events outside Ukraine.

Oleksandr Musienko, head of the Center for Military Legal Studies, spoke about the preparations for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the air of the Rada channel as part of a telethon.

"Preparations for counter-offensive actions continue, because no one has canceled the goal of de-occupation of Ukrainian territory. Now we are at the stage that precedes the offensive or counter-offensive, which is the accumulation of resources with the help of our partners, of course. Today, to a large extent, speed and opportunity carrying out this offensive period depends on the speed of decision-making and handing over weapons to us," said Musienko.

He assumed that the M2 "Bradley" (the main infantry fighting vehicle in service with the mechanized forces of the US Army - ed.) military aid to Ukraine will not be limited.

"There will be more armored vehicles, obviously tanks. I think that after January 20, after the next meeting in the Ramstein format, we will hear about it. We understand that crossing this line with the provision of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle with further artillery support means that the West supports us in terms of a counteroffensive," Musienko added.

Let's add that the day before, US President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Scholz and said that the United States will provide its Bradley tanks, while Berlin has meanwhile agreed to provide Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukraine will receive weapons from Western partners that it failed to obtain in 2022.

Also, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine need 300 tanks, 600-700 BMPs and 500 howitzers in order to enter the border on February 23.

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