He stressed that the United States and its allies are trying to drag out the conflict for as long as possible. “To do this, they have started to supply heavy offensive weapons, openly calling on Ukraine to seize our territories. In fact, such steps draw NATO countries into the conflict and can lead to an unpredictable level of its escalation,” said the minister. According to him, groups of Russian troops continue to crush all weapons and equipment supplied to Kyiv, both on delivery routes and at combat positions.
Shoigu said that despite the unprecedented military assistance from Western countries, the enemy is suffering significant losses. “In the first month of this year alone, they amounted to more than 6,500 military personnel, 26 aircraft, 7 helicopters, 208 UAVs, 341 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 40 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles “said the minister. list.
Shoigu noted: Realizing that it will not be possible to defeat Russia by military means, the Ukrainian leadership continues to resort to criminal actions to intimidate citizens in the new regions of Russia. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attack residential areas, hospitals, places of accumulation of civilians, commit terrorist acts on state and social facilities.
The barbaric nature of the Ukrainian leadership is also evidenced by its unwillingness to cease fire during Orthodox Christmas, the defense minister noted. He recalled that during this period, the Ukrainian Armed Forces cynically carried out intense firing on the settlements. In total, the enemy fired more than 550 artillery and mortar attacks. Ukrainian artillery was suppressed by return fire from Russian troops.
In January alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 6,500 soldiers, 26 aircraft, 7 helicopters, 208 drones, 341 tanks and other armored vehicles, 40 MLRS
The Minister promised that our army will continue to ensure the safety of Russian citizens in new regions and the protection of Ukrainian residents from genocide by the Kyiv regime.
And this is what they said yesterday about the course of the special operation in the military department. In the Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad group of troops, in cooperation with aviation, continued to attack the positions of the 14 and 92 mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the day, the enemy lost more than 50 servicemen there, two armored vehicles, four vehicles and one D-30 howitzer.
Our aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the group of forces “Center” operating in the Krasno-Limansky direction defeated units of the 66 mechanized, 25 airborne, 95 assault airborne and 81 airborne brigades of the Armed Forces from Ukraine. On the territory of the DPR, LPR, as well as Serebryansky forestry, more than 100 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three armored vehicles and two enemy vehicles were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the offensive actions of the assault detachments of the group of troops “South”, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 90 servicemen, four armored vehicles, the Grad MLRS and the Msta-B howitzer in one day.
In the Kherson direction, 20 nationalists and one Akatsiya self-propelled gun were destroyed by artillery strikes.
