Ukrainian soldiers in a tank drive along the highway towards their positions in the Donbass on May 23, 2023. Author: Pennsylvania
MOSCOW, 5 June. – The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an unsuccessful attempt at a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the direction south of Donetsk, when “23 mechanized brigades were brought into battle.” combat and 31 from the strategic reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of other military units and divisions.
“A total of six mechanized battalions and two tank battalions of the enemy participated,” the report says, which says that “the enemy’s task was to break through our defenses in what they considered the most vulnerable sector of the front. The enemy did not achieve the assigned tasks, he did not achieve success, ”said the Russian military authorities, whose words are quoted by Telesur.
Losses of the Ukrainian army, according to official information, amounted to 250 servicemen, 16 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armored personnel carriers.
This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov. said that the commander of the Joint Group of Forces, the chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, was at one of the advanced checkpoints in the area at the time of the Ukrainian offensive, reports Latin Press.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signaled on Saturday that Kyiv is ready to launch a long-planned counteroffensive. However, the deputy head of his department, Igor Zhovkva, said on the same day that his country still had not received enough weapons and ammunition for a successful operation, Telesur recalled.
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), said in late April that the organization had delivered more than 98 percent of the promised equipment to Ukraine, including about 1,550 armored vehicles, 230 tanks and a “massive” amount of ammunition. .
According to Stoltenberg, NATO has trained more than 30,000 soldiers, allowing Ukraine to form nine brigades of combat forces.
NATO-trained soldiers are expected to spearhead Kyiv’s offensives, as Ukraine’s military operations are entirely dependent on US and NATO support. The Wall Street Journal reported that Ukraine is sending poor, untrained people to the Bakhmut meat grinder to save professional soldiers for the offensive, according to antiwar.com.
While Biden administration officials are publicly predicting Ukraine’s success, leaked Pentagon documents that have appeared on Discord and other media reports have shown that the US does not believe Kiev can reclaim more territory.
Source: Juventud Rebelde