Czech President Petr Pavel © AFP / Michal Cizek
The Guardian: Czech president warns Ukraine against rushed counteroffensive
Petr Pavel sounds cautious note, saying Kyiv no longer has element of surprise that led to military successes last year
The Czech president, Petr Pavel, a decorated retired general who was previously Nato’s principal military adviser, has privately warned Ukraine’s leadership against the disaster of a rushed counteroffensive.
In recent meetings in Kyiv with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, Pavel cautioned that they no longer had the element of surprise that aided successful assaults on the eastern city of Kharkiv and southern region of Kherson last year.
The war hero, who was chair of the Nato military committee until 2018 and decorated by the Czech and French governments for rescuing French troops besieged by the Serbs during the Bosnian war in 1993, said there was recognition in Kyiv that gaps remained in Ukraine’s capacity for a successful offensive against Russian forces.
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Update #1: Czech President: West must be prepared that there will be no complete victory in war (Ukrayinska Pravda)
Update #2: West must be ready for unfavorable outcome in Ukraine – Czech president (RT)
WNU Editor: Czech President Petr Pavel is openly voicing what many are only saying privately. Ukraine does not have the men or resources to sustain this war for an outcome that will be in its favor.