Recall, Vladimir Putin on June 21 said that there is a certain lull in the counteroffensive of Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering serious losses. According to the president, on June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched attempts to counteroffensive using strategic reserves.
The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had reduced the pace of the offensive, which they had been trying to conduct for 16 days. At the same time, he stressed that the enemy still has forces to conduct a counteroffensive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Russian military to proceed from the fact that the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not been exhausted.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said on June 22 that the military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 246 tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from June 4 to 21, 13 of which were Western-style.