OUR Minister of Defense of Russia declared that his forces had repulsed the first three days of a counterattack launched by Ukrainewhere in the battles held over 3700 Ukrainian soldiers.

Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigumade these statements in unusually detailed notice which refers to the estimated losses of both sides. Ukraine deliberately withholds information about whether its long-awaited counter-offensive is underway, and Reuters was unable to independently verify the claims on the battlefield.

“Over the past three days, the Ukrainian regime has launched a long-promised offensive on various sectors of the front,” Shoigu said.

“Attack attempts were repulsed, the enemy was stopped,” he said, adding: “The enemy did not achieve his goals, but suffered significant and incomparable losses.”

Shoigu said that Ukraine lost 3715 people in these three daysAnd 52 tanks And 207 armored vehicles. Russia had 71 soldiers killed and 210 wounded and lost 15 Russian tanks and 9 armored vehiclesas he said.

Russia announced yesterday, Monday, that Ukraine launched a long-awaited counter-offensive in an attempt to break through the Russian front in its southern region. Donetsk.

On Monday, Shoigu said that Ukraine had attacked seven points along the foreheadbut suffered significant losses, losing more than 1600 people.

Ukraine dismissed Russia’s claims as false, but did not provide details about the attacks or their results.

Shoigu accused Ukraine destruction of the Kakhovka damin the southern part of the country, which took place early this morning, saying that this was a cover tactic used by Kiev to redeploy its forces in the region and conduct offensive operations.

“The Kiev regime committed another terrorist crime: the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was blown up, which led to significant flooding of the territories,” Shoigu said.

Ukraine and its Western allies say Russia blew up the dam.

Reuters