2023-07-02 13:04:00
“The airborne troops stopped the enemy in the gray zone. (…) As a result of the battle, they were neutralized more than 200 Ukrainian servicemenfive tanks, eight infantry fighting vehicles and more than 10 UAVs,” the source said.
In total, more than 300 soldiers, six tanks and 10 armored fighting vehicles took part in the offensive, it added.
The government of Volodímir Zelenski has said that this postponement was due to arms shortagewhile also pressuring its Western allies to supply it with increasingly heavier weapons, including tanks, drones and fighter jets. Since then, the Ukrainian military has tried to break through the defensive lines of the Russian Armed Forces in the regions of Donetsk and Zaporozhye, but their attempts have been unsuccessful and Ukraine has suffered heavy losses in armored equipment and manpower. According to information from the Kremlin and the Russian Defense Ministry, kyiv has lost 186 heavy tanks and 418 armored vehicles in their attempts to counteroffensive. In addition, the casualties of the Ukrainian Army during its counteroffensive have already exceeded 13.000 personasaccording to the secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev.
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