Ukraine has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter-offensive, the top-ranking US military officer says.

美國(guó)高級(jí)軍官稱，烏克蘭在冷天氣開(kāi)始妨礙他們的反擊前只有30余日的時(shí)間繼續(xù)抵抗。

Speaking to the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Gen Mark Milley said colder conditions would make it much harder for Ukraine to manoeuvre.

He admitted the offensive had gone more slowly than expected. But he said: "There's still heavy fighting going on.

"The Ukrainians are still plugging away with steady progress."

Gen Mark Miley在接受BBC星期日Laura Kuenssberg節(jié)目的采訪時(shí)說(shuō)，溫度降低后的環(huán)境將會(huì)更加不利于烏軍的移動(dòng)。

他承認(rèn)，烏軍的進(jìn)攻比他想象的要慢很多。但他表示：“戰(zhàn)斗仍在激烈進(jìn)行。

”烏克蘭軍隊(duì)正在堅(jiān)持不懈地穩(wěn)步取得戰(zhàn)斗成果?！?/p>

Gen Milley said it was too early to say whether the counter-offensive had failed, but said Ukraine was "progressing at a very steady pace through the Russian front lines".

"There's still a reasonable amount of time, probably about 30 to 45 days' worth of fighting weather left, so the Ukrainians aren't done.

"There's battles not done... they haven't finished the fighting part of what they're trying to accomplish."

Gen Milley說(shuō)，現(xiàn)在說(shuō)大反擊失敗還為時(shí)過(guò)早。應(yīng)該說(shuō)，烏克蘭”正在一步一個(gè)腳印地穿透俄羅斯前線。“

”還有相當(dāng)一段時(shí)間，在天氣變冷之前還有大約30到45天可以負(fù)隅頑抗，所以烏克蘭人還尚有余息。

“還有沒(méi)結(jié)束的戰(zhàn)斗……他們還沒(méi)有達(dá)成自己的戰(zhàn)斗目標(biāo)?！?/p>

Kyiv's counter-offensive, which was launched in the summer and aims to liberate Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine, has so far seen only small gains.

But Ukrainian generals claim?they have breached Russia's formidable first line of defences in the south.

"I said at the very beginning of this [war] that this was going to be long, slow, hard, and high-casualty-producing, and that's exactly what it is," Gen Milley said.

基輔的反攻行動(dòng)在夏天開(kāi)始，其目標(biāo)則是解放俄羅斯占領(lǐng)的領(lǐng)土，但截至目前收效甚微。

但烏克蘭將軍們聲稱，他們已經(jīng)破壞了俄羅斯南部難對(duì)付的防守一線。

“我在最開(kāi)始就已經(jīng)說(shuō)了，這場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)會(huì)漫長(zhǎng)、持久、艱難、傷亡慘重，而目前的情況正是這樣。”Gen Milley說(shuō)。

In the same interview, Adm（Admiral） Sir Tony Radakin, the UK chief of defence staff, said "Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing".

"That is because the aim of Russia was to subjugate Ukraine and to put it under Russia's control", he said.

"That has not happened and it never will happen, and that's why Ukraine is winning."

在同一采訪中，海軍軍官Tony Radakin，英國(guó)國(guó)防參謀長(zhǎng)說(shuō)道，“烏克蘭正走向勝利，而俄羅斯正在失敗的途中?！?/p>

“因?yàn)槎砹_斯的目的是征服烏克蘭并將它收至俄羅斯管轄之下?！彼f(shuō)

“這還沒(méi)有發(fā)生，也永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)發(fā)生，因此烏克蘭會(huì)取得勝利?！?/p>

He added that Ukraine was making progress in its battle to regain its territory, having recovered 50% of the ground Russia seized.

Ukraine's progress was also down to the international community "applying economic pressure and diplomatic pressure, and Russia is suffering because of that", he said.

他補(bǔ)充道，烏克蘭已經(jīng)收回了50%俄羅斯掌控下的領(lǐng)土，他們?cè)谑栈仡I(lǐng)土方面頗有所成。

烏克蘭也在國(guó)際社會(huì)上獲得了進(jìn)展?！八麄冋诮?jīng)濟(jì)和外交兩方面向俄羅斯施壓，而俄羅斯正因此舉步維艱?！彼f(shuō)。