Zelenskyy advisor says slow Western weapon deliveries put Ukraine 6 to 9 months behind in its fight back against Russia

• A Ukrainian official said his country is up to nine months behind in its pushback against Russia.
• Mykhailo Podolyak told Channel 24 that Western approvals delayed weapons by three to four months.
• "We could have defended ourselves better and launched a counterattack," he said.

A top advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country's military efforts against Russia are six to nine months behind schedule because of delays in Western weapons deliveries in the fall of 2022.

"If Ukraine had received weapons faster, we could have defended ourselves better and launched a counterattack," Mykhailo Podolyak told Ukrainian Channel 24 news outlet, per the Kyiv Post.