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On September 5, the head of the Russian Ministry of Defence summed up the interim results of the Ukrainian counteroffensive which began three months ago but led to no significant victories.
Russian Defence Minister claimed that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counteroffensive, amounted to more than 66 thousand servicemen. The AFU also lost more than 7.5 units of military equipment.
The most tense situation remains on the Zaporozhye direction, which is the main direction of rhe Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Russian Defence Minister confirmed that the Ukrainian military command brought the brigades from the strategic reserve into battles in the Zaporozhie region. These units were trained under the guidance of Western instructors. The units claimed by the Russian military official likely include the notorious 82nd Brigade of the AFU. Numerous reports from the front confirmed that forces of the AFU deployed on the Zaporozhie frontlines are also armed with the heavy military equipment from NATO and include a lot of foreign fighters.
However, the Russian Defence Minister claimed that significant damage was caused to these units.
Regarding the results of the AFU counteroffensive, Shoigu expressed the opinion that the Ukrainian army failed to achieve its goals in any of the directions.
“The Ukrainian leadership is desperately trying to demonstrate to Western curators at least some success of offensive actions in order to further receive military and economic assistance, which only delays the conflict,” he said.
The Russian Defence Minister stressed the terrorist strategy of the Kiev regime. Ukrainian militants attack civilian targets and pass off these terrorist attacks as military victories, trying to hide the failure of the offensive.
In their turn, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to destroy the military infrastructure of Ukraine, 34 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit in a month. Over a month, more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones, 159 HIMARS MLRS shells, and 13 cruise missiles were shot down.
