2023-08-15 12:38:15
existUkraineWhen the arduous counterattack tried to regain the lost ground,RussiaDefense Minister Sergei Shoigu said today that Ukraine’s military resources were “virtually exhausted” and that Western weapons “have nothing unique”.
“Despite full support from the West, the Ukrainian armed forces have been unable to achieve results,” Shoigu told a security conference in Moscow, Agence France-Presse reported.
“Preliminary results of the fighting show that Ukrainian military resources are almost exhausted.”
He also said that Western weapons are not unique and are not invincible once morest Russian weapons on the battlefield.
Ukraine launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in June, but the Ukrainian side has admitted that the fighting is difficult and it is difficult to break through the heavily guarded Russian positions.
While Ukrainian forces gained ground around the war-torn eastern city of Bakhmut, Russian forces also made inroads around the town of Kupiansk in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region.
Xiao Yigu made the above speech at the Moscow Conference for International Security. Russia invited representatives of more than 100 countries to participate, but excluded Western countries.
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