Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed at the conference that Ukraine is “desperately throwing new forces” into attacks on Russian positions, but it has not managed to advance.
Ukrainian officials say that its army has made gradual progress, albeit more slowly than desired.
After 17 months of hostilities, Ukraine is under pressure to make significant progress on the battlefield after receiving Western supplies of tanks, missile systems and other hardware, and to ensure that NATO countries do not stop the flow of aid.
For this reason, Russia has repeatedly tried to portray the counterattack as a failure, even though it is still in its very early stages.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “resources worth several billion dollars, which NATO countries transferred to the “Kyiv regime”, are actually being spent inefficiently and aimlessly.”
Peskov said that this is why Kyiv has resorted to “acts of desperation”, such as the drone attack on the Moscow City business district on Sunday.
However, the fact that drones have reached the Russian capital in the last three months puts the Russian authorities in an uncomfortable position.
2023-07-31 11:57:39
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