Shoigu: Russia has no other options but to win in Ukraine

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to knock out equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are trying to conduct a counter-offensive. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu live on Rossiya-1.

“We continue to knock out, and knock out, and knock out equipment, knock out personnel – all those who have been continuing the counter-offensive for months now. We have survived, we have already gone through the spring and summer campaigns, and now we are already in the autumn campaign,” he said.

Shoigu added that the Russian Armed Forces are now “actively holding the defense,” noting that “in some places it is more difficult, but in others it is simpler.” The main task is to “knock out and knock out the enemy’s equipment,” the minister noted. He stressed that Russia “has no other options” but to win in Ukraine.

Ukraine has been carrying out a counteroffensive since early June. September 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin named its “not a slippage, but a failure.” During the plenary session WEF He statedthat Ukraine has no results, while the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of the counter-offensive have already amounted to 71,500 people.

At the beginning of September Shoigu saidthat in three months the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not achieved their goals in any of the areas. The minister also pointed to the “colossal losses” of the Ukrainian army.