Kiev has achieved nothing and Russian troops have now taken the initiative
The four-month “counteroffensive” by Ukrainian forces has failed to succeed in any of its goals, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, advised the Safety Council on Friday.
“For a number of days now, Russian troops have switched to fight operations, virtually alongside your complete entrance line. Due to this fact, we will take into account the so-called Ukrainian counteroffensive formally over,” Nebenzia mentioned.
In line with the Russian envoy, 4 months of Ukrainian assaults resulted solely in “a whole bunch of models of destroyed Western tools” and “tens of 1000’s of lives of these conscripted by the Kiev regime, most of whom didn’t wish to battle.” A number of the fortunate ones surrendered and stayed alive, Nebenzia added.
Ukraine’s casualties have amounted to “over 90,000 individuals,” 557 tanks and 1,900 armored automobiles, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed final week on the Valdai Dialogue Membership in Sochi.
As a substitute of placing an finish to the “bloodbath” of Ukrainians on the frontline, the West “continues to feed them weapons, like a drug to an addict, thus prolonging his agony,” Nebenzia advised the UN Safety Council.
“Let me emphasize that Russia is opposed not by the armed forces of Ukraine, whose sources are nearly exhausted, however by the collective army machine of the NATO international locations and their mixed protection trade,” the Russian envoy added.
“The cynicism of our former Western companions is solely wonderful,” he mentioned, citing the current assertion of Dutch Protection Minister Kajsa Ollongren that arming Ukraine is “a really low-cost approach” to confront Russia.
A Ukraine that lives in peace with its neighbors and respects the rights of all of its residents “had and nonetheless has a future,” the Russian envoy concluded. “The legal neo-Nazi regime of [Vladimir] Zelensky doesn’t.”
The pinnacle of Ukraine’s army intelligence, Kirill Budanov, admitted on Thursday that the offensive wasn’t simply “delayed” however “off the schedule solely,” including that the reason for that’s labeled.
(RT.com)
