According to the official account of Shanghai Radio and Television Station , Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Konashenkov announced the results of the Russian army the day before at a press conference.
eliminated more than 570 Ukrainian troops.
shot down 12 drones.
destroys Norwegian an self-propelled howitzer that aids Ukraine, and two American howitzer that the United States aids Ukraine.
In addition, the Russian army also hit 39 command posts of the Ukrainian army and destroyed 3 sets of launchers of the S-300 missile system .
(Data photo: S-300 air defense missile system)
On the same day, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu announced that the Russian army has controlled all residential areas in North Donetsk, which shows that the Russian army is still advancing on the basis of its existing advantages, and 497% of the territory of Luhansk is under the control of the Russian army.
Before this, Ukraine had claimed a major counterattack against the North Donetsk region and regained 70% of the territory of the region.
What is the situation in North Donetsk?
Not only can the outside world guess this, but even the remarks of Ukraine's "governor" Sergei in Luhansk seem contradictory. Sergei admitted a few days ago that the Russian army had controlled 80% of Luhansk's territory. A few days later, he claimed that the Ukrainian army fought back here and took back half of the city.
However, just when people believed it and thought that the Ukrainian army had successfully fought back, Ukrainian President Zelensky stood up and said that the situation in North Donetsk is very critical and the future will be extremely difficult.
Just imagine, if the Ukrainian army successfully counterattacked, how could Zelensky's tone be so frustrated?
analysts believe that this is probably another "information war" .
In the more than 100 days of the conflict, in addition to hot wars, people have also seen a variety of "playing styles" such as public opinion war, information war, and intelligence war. Especially in "information war", Russia and Ukraine each talk about their own advantages, which also cast a thick fog on the war, which is elusive.
During this period, both the Russian and Ukrainian army released their own results and the other's war losses, but none of them were able to compete with each other. Both sides knew the importance of morale. Once they admitted that they were at a disadvantage, it would inevitably have a blow to the morale of the army.
However, according to the current information, the Ukrainian army's "big counterattack" has either failed or is on the verge of failure. No matter which one, Zelensky's "big bet" will face a failure. At that time, Zelensky was planning to go to the front line to inspect. The front line soldiers were likely to fight back in one go in order to welcome Zelensky, but not long after, the Russian army reoccupied these areas, so Ukraine seemed extremely passive, which was just one possibility of .
Another possibility is that the Ukrainian army did not counterattack at all, but just said that since the war started, there have been too many false situations in Ukrainian dialects, and there have even been many contradictory times. Although the Russian war report also has suspicious aspects, it is basically just exaggerated data and the actions are logical.
Most importantly, the Russian army has begun to announce the third phase of the mission.
This task is quite heavy. Once completed, Ukraine will become a truly landlocked country. The Russian side dared to set such a goal, which shows that the second phase of the task may indeed be coming to an end and the progress is relatively smooth.
At this point, Russia and Ukraine released "smoke bombs" again, and the effect was no longer obvious. Everything will be clear on the battlefield. One of the important watershed lies in when the Russian army will start the third phase of the mission. The shorter the time, the greater the advantage of the Russian army and the faster the outcome will be.
Under the observation of the whole world, the fog in North Donetsk is about to dissipate.