2023-07-12 01:22:30
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu threatened on the 11th that if the United States provides cluster bombs to the Ukrainian army, the Russian army will also use cluster bombs. Ukraine, on the other hand, blamed Russian forces for missile attacks on Kiev, Odessa and Kherson.
Shoigu said that although Russia has more efficient cluster munitions than the United States, Russia has not used these cluster munitions in special military operations in Ukraine.
He added that if the US supplied Ukraine with cluster bombs, then Russia would have to use “similar” means of attack.
The United States announced last week that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for use in counterattacks once morest Russian forces.
Ukrainian offensive faces tough conditions (Al Jazeera)
Ukraine’s loss
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu confirmed that the Kiev regime has not achieved any of its goals on any front, and he also stressed that since the counterattack began, Russian forces have destroyed 21 Ukrainian aircraft, five helicopters, 1,244 tanks and other armored warfare car.
He also added that since the counterattack began, Ukraine has lost more than 26,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 weapons of various types.
Shoigu said Western intelligence agencies recognized the effectiveness of Russian defenses, minefields and air defense systems in countering Ukrainian attacks.
On the ground, Shoigu said Russian troops had advanced 1.5 kilometers on the front near Leman in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
After repelling the Ukrainian attack, “Russian forces launched a counterattack and advanced 1.5 kilometers along the 2-kilometer front near Lyman,” Shoigu told television reporters. It should be pointed out that the Ukrainian army took control of Lyman in October 2022.
Russo-Ukraine War (Al Jazeera)
missile attack
On the other hand, the Ukrainian army accused the Russian army of using suicide drones and ballistic missiles to launch a large-scale air strike on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and cities in the north and south of the country.
The Ukrainian air force said its defenses shot down 26 of the 28 Iranian Shahed drones launched in the early hours of the 11th.
The Ukrainian military said the wreckage of the downed drone damaged many houses in the Kiev region. An administrative building in the city of Odessa was damaged, and a fire broke out at a pier near the port of Odessa but was quickly extinguished, officials said.
No deaths were reported in the attacks in Kiev and Odessa, but Kherson region governor Alexander Prokukin said Russian troops bombed parts of the region, killing one in the village of Sofievka. Two women were killed and two people were injured in the city of Kherson.
Airstrike warnings have been issued across Ukraine as the war in Ukraine continues. Meanwhile, NATO leaders convened a summit that the Kremlin criticized and said Moscow would never stand idly by when it comes to its own security.
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