Ukraine is gradually unable to do so.
On Thursday local time, Ukrainian military officials publicly stated that Russia has an advantage in the battle in the eastern Luhansk region. At the same time, Alexei Alestovic, the key adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky, also admitted on the same day that Ukraine suffered a major failure. Oleksiy Gromov of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed on Thursday that Russia has the upper hand “in both aviation and artillery”, but that the troops in Kiev are “doing all their might to change the situation.” He said at a briefing in Kiev that the situation in the Sefrodonetsk region was "hard but stable" and that the Russian army was carrying out air strikes and artillery attacks on the Ukrainian army.
According to Interfax, Olexi Gromov said, "Every unit, every soldier, acts in accordance with the overall plan of the senior commander." He also said that the weapons provided by allies "will accelerate our victory." He also said that the Russian army's actions followed a "classic scheme" that first use the bomber , then the assault aircraft, then the artillery and ground forces attacks.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Zelensky's important adviser was pessimistic about the war in Ukraine. Alexei Alestovic publicly told the outside world on Wednesday that the Ukrainian army was "in terms of speed" behind the Russian army. He said Russia "managed to accumulate reserves before us" and lag in accumulating military resources "makes extremely difficult the situation on the front line."
Alexei Alestovic also warned that in the near future, “the situation on the front line will deteriorate and siege is possible”, with the prospect of abandonment of settlements and “significant losses”. Just as Olexi Gromov made the remarks, the city center of Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv (Kharkiv ), was shelled on Thursday. District Chief Oleh Synyehubov said the shelling killed at least four people.
Ukraine also stated that Russian troops attacked more than 40 towns in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and Severo Donetsk and Lisiansansk were also bombed. Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar said on Thursday that Russia is using "tactical rocket systems, aviation and artillery " to attack Ukrainian positions in several areas of Donbas. Marial admitted, "To this day, the 'invaders' have stepped up fire along the entire contact line and our troops in the Donetsk combat area."
Meanwhile, Russian MP and retired general Vladimir Shamanov said that the Ukrainian war is likely to be a protracted war. It is reported that he once said in an interview that Ukraine's "demilitarization" and "denazization" may take "5 to 10 years".
At the same time, Ukraine also admitted another major failure. Alexey Arestovich, a key adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, admitted in a live broadcast on Thursday that Russian troops had occupied the town of Lyman in northern Donetsk. Alestovic said, "We lost the town of Liman."
At present, Russian President Putin continues to laugh at the sanctions against Western countries. Putin attended the first Eurasian Economic Union plenary meeting of the first Eurasian Economic Forum on Thursday (26th). In his video speech, Putin said confidently: Although sanctions have brought many difficulties to Russia, they have also made Russia stronger.