Ukraine has some pleasant “surprises” in store for Putin on the battlefield – US State Department

Ukraine has a plan that they can execute to achieve victories on the battlefield, and "surprises" are still waiting for the Russians, U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told.
The comments come after Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in January that "Putin is going to get some nice surprises on the battlefield.”
Miller cited Ukraine’s recent sinking of Russian Black Sea Fleet ships as an example of these “surprises”
"We believe that Ukraine has a plan that they can execute to achieve victories on the battlefield,” he said.
“We’ve seen them making – having victories on the battlefield, most recently in the Black Sea, where they sunk another Russian ship. So, we do believe that they have some surprises in store. We look forward to seeing the results."
Russia lost another major ship in the Black Sea after the $65 million USD Sergei Kotov patrol ship was hit and sunk by Ukrainian Magura V5 drones.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that there are more "surprises" coming for Russia's military assets in the Black Sea. Ukrainian leader said that among Kyiv's goals for 2024 was to continue our successful story on the Black Sea. "And we will do it," Zelensky said. "I will not go deeply into details, but they will get some surprises. That's very important."
Ukraine ramped up its attacks on Russia's infrastructure stationed in the Crimean Peninsula in recent months, which served as a launching pad for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv has particularly homed in on Russian President Vladimir Putin's Black Sea Fleet, claiming that its forces have "disabled" about a third of the Kremlin's naval warships since the start of the battle