The armed forces cannot yet launch a counteroffensive at the front. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun.
The president also called the situation in the east “difficult” and reiterated that the reason for this was the lack of ammunition. Ukraine needs munitions and fighter planes, he stressed. “We are waiting for ammunition from our partners,” he added, noting that the Russian military uses three times more ammunition than Ukrainian forces every day.
Kiev, ‘over 700 Russian soldiers killed yesterday’
Russia has lost 720 men in the last day, bringing the losses among its ranks up to 169,890 since the day of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, last February 24th. This was announced by the daily bulletin of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, just released on Facebook, which reports figures that cannot be independently verified.
According to reports by the Ukrainian military, Russian losses to date would be around 169,890 men, 3,580 tanks, 6,887 armored vehicles, 2,623 artillery systems, 520 multiple rocket launchers, 276 anti-aircraft defense systems. According to the bulletin, which specifies that the data is being updated due to the intense fighting, the Russian forces would also have lost 305 aircraft, 291 helicopters, 5,483 vehicles, 18 naval units and 2,214 drones.
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