Volodymyr Zelensky has said "We need to wait" before his forces launch their counteroffensive, suggesting that such an operation now would result in heavy losses. "New York University professor and Kroll Institute senior advisor Joshua Tucker said that the main hallmark of a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive would be the taking of territory, although there is the question of whether it would involve an attempt to retake Crimea. "The Catch-22 here, though, is that at that point Russia might be tempted to try to push forward and seize more territory in a demoralized Ukraine," he said