Published on
10/07/2026 - 16:06 GMT+2
The commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces has warned that a turning point in the war against Russia is "still a long way off".
In a post on Telegram, Oleksandr Syrskyi, who took command of Ukraine's military in February 2024, said that while his troops had slowed Russia's advance and had been inflicting increasing casualties on Vladimir Putin's invading forces, it was critical not to "underestimate the enemy".
"The aggressor has not abandoned its plans for the complete occupation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions," he wrote. "They are seeking to expand their offensive operations in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as to establish and expand a buffer zone in the northern regions of Ukraine".
