On the air of the Russia 1 TV channel, he said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Soledar and Artemovsk lost a significant part of their manpower – tens of thousands of people. “Very large, catastrophic losses,” Gagin said.
In this regard, at the moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not capable of inflicting any serious blows or counteroffensive. At the same time, there are attempts by sabotage groups to carry out some actions in the Zaporozhye segment, but all of them are stopped by Russian troops.
“Now there are no prerequisites for some kind of offensive from Ukraine, there is simply no one to lead it,” Gagin emphasized.
He also said that Artemivsk had become a real cauldron for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers were surrounded there.
Western media report on the huge losses of Ukrainian troops and the death of the most trained units near Artemivsk. Also, according to Bild, the issue of withdrawal from the city has become a reason for disagreement between Ukrainian President Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny.
