The Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky, said in an interview: EconomistThat anyone who underestimates the Russians will be defeated.
“The Russians are not stupid. They are not weak. Anyone who underestimates them is doomed to failure.”
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny declarationThat the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces had a demoralizing effect on the soldiers of the Ukrainian army.
Before that, the Russian Ministry of Defense declarationThat the Russian troops took advantageous lines and positions in the Donetsk direction.
Also, the Ministry of Defense noted that during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to regain their positions in the settlements of Severnoe and Krasnogorovka, but the Russian army repelled all attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the Ukrainian troops are stated to be about 30 soldiers killed and wounded.