Road to victory will be "long and difficult," Ukraine’s prime minister says

August 17 ------ The road to victory for Ukraine will be "long and difficult," said Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, looking at a long fight ahead. "'Two-three weeks', 'by the end of the year', 'next spring' — all this is not true,” Vereshchuk said Tuesday in a Telegram post. Ukraine has “to get ready for a long fight," she added.

The Ukrainian people should work toward victory “where they belong,” Vereshchuk said. "We do our best here and now. Patient. Day by day,” she said in the post. “Let's set ourselves up for a long run, not for a sprint."

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is moving slower than expected. Ukrainian officials have said that efforts are focused on destroying Russia's capabilities and disrupting its logistics.

Source: cnn.com