Ukraine is making steady progress in its counteroffensive against Russian forces, which has yet to begin, but the price is likely to be high in what is proving to be an uphill battle, Sky News reports.

“Ukraine has started an offensive and is progressing confidently. This is a very difficult fight,” General Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said today during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

“It’s a very brutal fight and it’s likely to go on for a significant amount of time at a high cost,” he said.

Milley praised the leadership, skills and morale of the Ukrainian forces and drew a contrast with Russia, saying: “Their leadership is not necessarily coherent, the morale of their troops is low, and they sit on the defensive, and many of them don’t.” I don’t even know what’s there.”

The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, on Thursday admitted that Ukraine has losses of equipment on the battlefield as part of the launched offensives, but said that the Russians show the same images of destroyed equipment a thousand times, Ukrainian reports. Truth.

“This is war. We know there will be losses [de echipamente] on the battlefield from both sides. What is important: Ukrainians have the opportunity to restore damaged equipment, where possible, repair it and return to the battlefield,” he said at a press conference in Brussels after Ukraine’s Ramstein-style meeting with partners.

And French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Monday that the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive against Russian troops had begun, estimating that it would last “several weeks, if not months,” according to AFP.