Pak Sahafat – The German Bild newspaper wrote about the reasons for the slow progress of the Ukrainian forces in the counterattack against Russia that this failure is due to the lack of Ukrainian air defense and better organization of the Russian military.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, in its report on Friday, Bild quoted a Ukrainian soldier as saying: “When the Russians shoot down our helicopters from a distance of eight kilometers, we have nothing to answer them.”
Bild added that Russia’s defensive lines are better organized, even better than last fall.
According to Sputnik, after several delays and interruptions, Ukraine launched its counterattack in early June.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia said that Ukrainian forces are trying to advance from three routes south of Donetsk, Bakhmut and Zaporizhia, but they have failed.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said 10 days ago that Ukrainian forces have suffered heavy losses in their counterattack and have not been successful in any way.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stating that the progress of the counterattack against Russian forces was “slower than expected”, said: Some think it’s a Hollywood movie and expect to see the results right now. But it is not like this. People’s lives are in danger.
About the reason for the slow advance against Russia, Zelensky said that Russian forces have laid mines on 200,000 kilometers of Ukrainian territory.
While expressing optimism about Ukraine’s counter-attack, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denis Shmihal, said: “Success in achieving the goals of this counter-attack and advancing on the lines of the Russian forces will take time.”
The Prime Minister of Ukraine stated: We must understand that the life of each of our troops is important to us, so unlike the Russian army, which does not value the lives of its people, we work according to NATO standards and take care of each and every one of our soldiers.
Ukraine claims that it has retaken control of eight villages from Russia in recent days, which is the first significant achievement of Kiev in the last seven months on the battlefield.