Ukraine would like to launch a counter-offensive 'much earlier' if not for the 'slow' supply of Western weapons — Zelenskyy

The President of Ukraine has said that the supply of Western weapons would have allowed Ukraine to launch a counter-offensive "much earlier" — an interview with CNN.

Zelenskyy has added that it is impossible to "even think" about an offensive in certain areas because the Ukrainian military does not have the appropriate weapons.

"I am grateful to the United States for their support, but I told them, as well as European leaders, that we would like to start our counteroffensive earlier, and we need all the weapons we can get," Zelenskyy said. 

He also said that "slowing down" the counter-offensive would lead to the mining of a larger part of Ukrainian territory.