MOSCOW, April 21 in four directions, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
«In four directions, the enemy launched a counteroffensive in small groups with the support of artillery. Our units had to repel these counteroffensives in difficult conditions, but the enemy succeeded in almost nothing recapture or occupy from our positions. But this is at the cost of very serious efforts,» he said.
Speaking of a possible large-scale advance of the Ukrainian military, Pushilin expressed doubts about its success.
» At the same time, it is not yet possible to predict the specific directions of such an offensive due to a large amount of information — real and deliberate stuffing, «the official emphasized.
In early April, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken allowed a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the coming weeks. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, in turn, urged to wait for the end of the thaw. At the same time, the country's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal outlined the summer months as possible dates.
As Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted, any statements about the imminent counteroffensive of the Ukrainian military are carefully monitored and taken into account when planning a special operation.