Ukraine is making new counteroffensive attempts, the clashes are ongoing right now, including in the Zaporozhye direction, but Kiev has no chances, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plebary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
The Ukrainian army already lost 186 tanks, 418 armored vehicles, and their losses are growing every day, the Russian president said on Friday.
At the same time, Russia's defense industry enterprises are working in 2-3 shifts, the production of wepaons has increased by 2.7 times, and some production even surged by 10 times, Putin said.
Soon, Ukraine will stop using its equipment at all — they are fighting using foreign equipment, and that cannot go on forever, Putin added.
Check out other key statements made by the Russian president on the Ukraine conflict:
The war in southeastern Ukraine was started by the Ukrainian regime with the support of their sponsors in the west in 2014;
Our "counter-partners" refused a peaceful settlement, forcing Russia to use force to "stop this war.";
Ukraine's refusal of a peaceful settlement in the Donbass forced Russia to start its special operation - to stop the aggression of the Kiev regime;
The West is making every effort to ensure that Russia suffers a "strategic defeat on the battlefield", they are doing everything in their power;
The defense industry of the Russian Federation is spinning up day by day, unlike the Ukrainian one - Kiev has all the equipment from the outside.