Day 465 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Kyiv is Ready to start its Counteroffensive says Zelensky

Day 465 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Zelensky: Ukraine is ready to start its counteroffensive
• Russia announced a new offensive in Donbas
• Child's DNA leads to suspect in Nord Stream blast
• Indonesia has proposed a peace plan for the war in Ukraine
• With a call for mobilization and the death penalty, Prigozhin made a surprise tour of Russia

Zelensky: Ukraine is ready to start its counteroffensive

Ukraine is ready to start its counteroffensive in order to regain the territories occupied by Russia, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview published today for the Wall Street Journal, quoted by BTA.

"We strongly believe that we will succeed," the Ukrainian leader told the American publication.

"I don't know how long it will take. If I have to be honest, it can be done in different ways, completely different from each other. We are ready and we will do it," Zelensky pointed out.

Kyiv hopes that with its counteroffensive it will regain the occupied territories and change the dynamics of the war, notes Reuters.

Last month, Zelensky said Ukraine would wait until it received more armored fighting vehicles from the West before launching its counteroffensive. The Ukrainian leader made a diplomatic tour during which he called for continued Western support and for Ukraine to receive more military aid and weapons, which are key to the success of Ukrainian forces.

Russia continues to control large areas of eastern, southern and southeastern Ukraine.

In the past few weeks, Ukraine has been...