The Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with other components of the defense forces, have now stopped and restrained the large -scale offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. As UNIAN reports, the brigade general, deputy chief of the Main Operational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov, said at a briefing.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with other components of the defense forces, have currently stopped and deteriorate the large -scale offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, whose armed forces prevailed in separate directions by 10 times not only in the personnel of our units, but also in weapons and military technology, ”he emphasized.
Gromov added that this became possible thanks to the timely conduct of the Ukrainian complex of measures to respond to a critical increase in the level of the military threat from Russia, as well as conducting active maneuvering defense.
He, in particular, noted that in the Kharkov area the enemy, after an unsuccessful attempt to surround the city, moved to the defense. Having failed in the Izyum direction, the enemy also moved to the defense and conducts restraining actions, and also throws his forces to the Lugansk direction.
“As a result of our active actions to liberate the occupied territories in the Kherson and Melitopol directions, the enemy moved to defense and is now conducting restraining actions,” Gromov stated.
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In addition, he noted that the enemy threats the marine landing in the Black Sea Operational Zone. “The Black and Azov seas are continued to be warships and submarines of the enemy, which support the ground groups of troops operating in the seaside direction, and also strike with high -precision weapons in the depths of our state,” said the representative of the General Staff.
The brigade general also noted that the next probable actions of Russians may be attempts to take control of the territory of the Odessa, Nikolaev and partially Zaporizhzhya regions, the creation of a land corridor for the Transdnestrovsky region of the Republic of Moldova, the seizure of the territory of the Kiev, the mastery of Kyiv, the re -election of re -election in legislative and legislative and Executive authorities to bring the pro -Russian forces to the authorities, the creation of a new state education and its inclusion in Russia.
in this way the enemy will try to achieve his strategically political goal. But this is his opinion. In his opinion there is our opposition, ”Gromov emphasized.
He also emphasized that the losses of the enemy currently since the beginning of a full -scale invasion “are already about 20% of personnel and up to 60% of the main types of weapons and military equipment.”