On Monday, the Russian military said it had repelled a “large-scale offensive” by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk, annexed to Moscow, but these claims have not been independently verified.
For months, kyiv has been talking about preparing for a major counteroffensive to retake territory lost to Russia in 2022 after the war in Ukraine began in February. Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia in September, along with Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Kiev “launched a full-scale offensive in five sectors of the front on Sunday” in the south of the region, using “a total of six mechanized and two tank battalions”. This is written in a Telegram message, adding that the Ukrainian army allegedly hit “the most vulnerable sector of the front”. According to the ministry, Kyiv “did not achieve its goals, they did not succeed”.
The ministry released what it said was video of the battle, which allegedly shows Ukrainian armored personnel carriers being fired upon.
In a video released by Ukraine on Sunday, she urged troops to be quiet about hostilities and said the launch of the long-awaited offensive would not be announced.
On the same day, the governor of the Belgorod region said that there was still fighting in this region of the Russian border with Ukraine, and he admitted that there were Russians taken prisoner during the border clashes. .
Source: The Delfi
