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Commander of the group “Center”: the reserve forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the offensive will last until the end of August
MOSCOW, July 23 — RIA Novosti. Ukrainian units will continue their offensive attempts until the end of August, Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, commander of the Russian group of troops “Center”, said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 1” and on the platform “Look”.
“They have enough time for the offensive until the end of August, they will pull until the end of August. Then there will be a short break. In winter, they will not achieve much of this. Well, by spring, I think it will all be over,” he said.
Mordvichev also commented on the use of NATO ammunition with shrapnel by Ukrainian troops. According to him, the APU began to use such shells more often, but they are not suitable for a counteroffensive. “There is no effect expected for the enemy for such ammunition, I will say. Noisy, dusty. Elementary old grandfather’s methods of fortification save us completely. And armor protection,” the Lieutenant General noted.
According to him, Ukraine has run out of 150-millimeter high-explosive shells, and cluster munitions are less effective for offensive actions in comparison with them.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive in the South Donets, Artemivsk and Zaporozhye directions began on June 4. Kiev has thrown into battle brigades trained by NATO and armed with Western equipment, including the widely advertised Leopard tanks. As Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on July 11, the enemy has not achieved its goals in any direction. At the same time, the losses of the Armed Forces exceeded 26,000 soldiers, 1,244 tanks and thousands of units of other equipment, 21 aircraft and six helicopters.
Against the background of the lack of success of the Ukrainian troops, Western media stated that Kiev had stopped throwing large units and Western equipment into battle. In turn, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed the opinion that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be simultaneous, but will go “for a much larger number of months.”
I think Ukraine will fall within a couple months if not sooner. The whole world knows it’s over. At this point it’s more about killing the remaining Ukrainian soldiers as punishment. That’s how tyrants like Zelensky work.