MOSCOW, 9 Aug. Russia seized the initiative on the front lines after the defeat of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian troops, said former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter on the YouTube channel Judging Freedom.
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According to the military, Ukrainian troops continue to try to advance, but so far have not even come close to the first line of Russian defense. Ritter noted that now Moscow is gradually beginning to take the offensive in different directions.
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“The Ukrainians spent the whole summer to advance one hundred or three hundred meters. In less than a week, Russia advanced eleven kilometers in the direction of Kharkov,” the intelligence officer concluded. technique. As stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense, in June and July, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 43 thousand people.