Published January 09,2024
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Amid claims that Kyiv’s much-anticipated counteroffensive has failed, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu stated on Tuesday that Ukraine’s fight functionality has been lowering.
Speaking at this 12 months’s first assembly of Russian army chiefs in Moscow, Shoygu stated the Ukrainian military suffered heavy human losses, together with 28,000 items of army gear.
“We maintain a strategic initiative along the entire line of contact. Despite heavy human losses of the Ukrainian units and the lack of results on the battlefield, the US is coolly trying to maintain its ambitions for world leadership at the expense of the lives of Ukrainians,” he stated.
The minister stated the Ukrainian authorities “continue to drive its soldiers to slaughter” on the West’s order.
Shoygu emphasised that mobilizing extra folks wouldn’t change the scenario on the battlefield, and would solely protract the battle.
“We will continue to consistently achieve the goal of a special military operation,” he pledged.
Russia began its “special military operation” in Ukraine in February 2023.
Shoygu additionally stated sustaining the excessive fight functionality of Russia’s nuclear triad — air, navy and floor forces working nuclear weapons — was a precedence.
Source: www.anews.com.tr