Four months into a closely-watched Ukrainian counteroffensive, Moscow declared on Tuesday that Kyiv’s attempts to breach Russian fortifications on frontlines in the country’s east and south have “failed”.
Ukraine frontline attacks ‘failed: In spite of modest progress as its soldiers plough into sophisticated and miles-deep Russian defensive positions, Kyiv launched the long-awaited counteroffensive in June.
In Verbovoye and Rabotino on the Zaporizhzhia front, the enemy’s attempts to breach our lines were unsuccessful, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed senior military authorities.
In order to refer to two villages near the southern frontline where Ukrainian forces assert to have pierced the strongest points of Russian defences and retaken many villages, he used Russian place names.
Additionally, Shoigu claimed that the Russian army has “repelled all attacks in the Soledar-Bakhmout direction” on the eastern front in the conflict-torn Donetsk region.
Despite ongoing hostilities, the Kremlin declared that they had seized the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, along with two other Ukrainian territories, last year.
Shoigu praised Russian forces for battling “boldly and decisively” and displaying “true heroism,” saying that they had “significantly weakened the enemy’s combat potential” and caused “serious damage.”
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, sent forces into Ukraine in February 2022. They swiftly conquered significant portions of the south and east of the nation but were driven back from the north.
Shoigu also reaffirmed that Moscow had no plans to launch a fresh military mobilisation after its shocking plan to call up men last year led to a significant flight from the nation.