 Ukraine announced the reasons why it did not launch a counter-offensive. Ukraine is preparing carefully for a new counter-offensive against Russian forces because the assault is very important and must demonstrate success. Denis Shmihal, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, has said. Denis Shmihal told Sky News that the long-awaited operation would only be launched when the time is right, but he gave no indication when that might be. I'm sure that the most important Victory Day for Ukraine will be Victory Day over this terrible Russian aggression, full-scale aggression against Ukraine, he said. As for why it was taking so long for the Ukrainian military officially to begin its offensive, Shmihal said, We are preparing very carefully because it's a very important operation and we understand that we should demonstrate success in this operation to our society, to our partners, to all the world and to our enemy. We will begin when it is a proper time, when it will be absolutely ready. We will begin counter-offensive immediately when our military and political leadership will make the decision, he added.