 Servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces located near Bakhmut prepared on April 22 to go on the mission and hope the weather conditions would improve. We need heat, more heat, to make this swamp dry. Because it's not possible, even the tracked vehicles are simply stalling, said one of the Ukrainian servicemen, Anton. He added that his brigade team was well-equipped, but still wished for more heavy weapons. More equipment, more cool new equipment to work with, Anton said. Ukraine is wrapping up preparations for a counter-offensive against Russian forces and is largely ready for it to go ahead, Defense Minister Olexei Reznikov said on April 28. Kiev hopes its planned counter-offensive will change the dynamics of the war that has raged since Russia invaded Ukraine 14 months ago. What did you say? I didn't take the task. The swamp will be dry, and it will be possible to work even more, and it will be possible to work at night. Even if it doesn't behave well at night, but it doesn't matter. Well, the trenches, the cleaning of the trenches and so on. We need heat, more heat, to make it all dry. Because it's not real, it's just a military equipment. It's just dead, sitting on a puddle and digging. More heavy weapons collection, artillery, and so on. We have a lot of good security, the same battalions. A lot of equipment, more new, cool to work with. And that there was also a combat timer that could work with this equipment, as well as with guns and so on.