Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview posted Saturday that a highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russian troops is in the works and "will happen."
"There will be a counteroffensive," Zelensky said, while speaking to reporters from Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. A video of the interview was shared to his Telegram account.
We are preparing for it. It will happen," he said.
Zelensky said he believes in the mission's success and that "we will be able to de-occupy our territories."
But the Ukrainian president said he is "not ready to say in detail when it will happen and how."
Ukraine is still in need of "certain weapons," he said, and the main risk for his troops is whether they will have enough of the ammunition they need.
"Weapons are decisive in the moments of de-occupation," Zelensky said.
Some background: Ukraine has made extraordinary efforts to conceal the start of its strategically vital counteroffensive.
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar stated last week that the counteroffensive would not be announced.
Much of the focus of recent speculation centers on the southern Zaporizhzhia region, where Kyiv's forces could attempt to separate the Russia-annexed peninsula of Crimea from occupied territory in eastern Ukraine and the Russian mainland.
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report.