Zelensky announced a slowdown in the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine

The supply of Western weapons to Kyiv, as well as the pace of military operations in the conflict zone, is slowing down, said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

“The war is slowing down. It exists, we admit it. All processes are becoming more complicated and slowing down: from sanctions to weapons,” his words are quoted on the website of the President of Ukraine.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have been conducting active offensive operations since the beginning of June. September 5, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu statedthat the Ukrainian army has not achieved its goals in any direction. According to him, since the start of the counteroffensive, Ukraine has lost more than 66,000 people and 7,600 weapons. Shoigu indicated that Kyiv is trying to demonstrate to the West “at least some success of the offensive” in order to continue receiving military and economic assistance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a joint press conference with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan named the Ukrainian counter-offensive was “not a slippage, but a failure” and expressed hope that the situation would continue to develop in the same way.