The Ukrainian armed forces have failed to achieve any of their goals in three months of counteroffensive, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
Shoigu described Ukraine’s counteroffensive as completely unsuccessful, but said the situation in part of the southern Zaporizhzhia region which Russia controls was tense, Report informs, citing Reuters.
“Ukraine’s armed forces have not achieved their goals on any front,” the defense ministry quoted Shoigu as saying.
“The most tense situation is that on the Zaporizhzhia front,” he said.
Shoigu added that Kyiv is "desperately trying to demonstrate" at least some military success to the West to keep receiving their military and economic support.
“The enemy has engaged brigades from its strategic reserve whose personnel have been trained by Western instructors.”