Ukraine says will create chaos 'within Russian forces' by hitting invaders' supply lines

As brutal Moscow-Kyiv war continues unabated, viser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine is currently engaging in a counteroffensive to create disorder within Russian forces by attacking invers' supply lines deep inside captured territory. Mykhailo Podolyak told Guardian that "next two or three months" may see ditional assaults like last week's attack on Russian warplanes at Saky airfield in Crimea as well as Tuesday's strikes on a railway junction and an airbase in region. 

Podolyak asserted while speaking from President’s offices in Kyiv, “Our strategy is to destroy logistics, supply lines and ammunition depots and or objects of military infrastructure. It is creating chaos within ir own forces.” 

In Dzhankoi district of Crimea, according to Russia, explosions at a munitions depot were reportedly caused by a fire on Tuesday. Referring to incident, Podolyak said that this occurrence serves as a reminder that “Crimea occupied by Russians is about warehouse explosions and high risk of death for invers and thieves," Guardian reported. However, Ukraine has not acknowledged responsibility for  assault.  

Furrmore, a series of powerful explosions at Russian military airbase in occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea on Tuesday resulted in one fatality and several injuries, citing local officials, CNN reported. In videos, large clouds of smoke could be seen rising into air from area. According to Russian official media RIA Novosti, Russian military ministry said that explosions were caused by aircraft munitions that h been detonated.  Meanwhile, Moscow's defence ministry said it has been handling 'sabotage' cases and taking "necessary measures" to stop such incidents. 

A 'Ukrainian counteroffensive' looks highly different from Russia: Mykhailo Podolyak

Besides this, viser, who is frequently referred to as third-most powerful person in Ukraine, claimed that Kyiv's strategy has been in opposition to Moscow's blunt use of artillery power to gain territory in Donbas region to east, where Russian troops have destroyed cities like Mariupol and Sievierodonetsk in order to do so. 

Podolyak remarked that while a 'Ukrainian counteroffensive' looks highly different, Russia has kind of taught everyone that a counteroffensive takes enormous numbers of personnel like a massive fist and simply move in one way. “We don’t use tactics of 60s and 70s, of last century”, he ded. 

In dition to this, on top of his current armament of roughly 20, Podolyak requested "50, 60, 80 ditional" MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems), 16 of which are truck-mounted Himars provided by United States. 

Podolyak stated that Ukraine aimed to weaken invers' strength via "lack of supplies and lack of ammunition," which would make Russians fight as y did during opening months of conflict. Guardian reported that this goal has been aided by long-range missiles provided by west.  

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