Russian President Vladimir Putin advised his Belarus counterpart Alexander Lukashenko Sunday that an ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive to push again Russian forces from Ukraine has “failed”, in response to Russian news businesses.
“There is no counteroffensive,” Lukashenko mentioned, in response to the TASS news company earlier than being interrupted by Putin: “There is one, but it has failed.”
Ukraine started its long-anticipated counter-offensive final month however has to date made solely small positive factors in opposition to effectively entrenched Russian forces who management greater than a sixth of its territory after almost 17 months of battle.
U.S. General Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, mentioned on Tuesday the Ukrainian drive was “far from a failure” however can be lengthy, exhausting and bloody.
A Telegram channel linked to Lukashenko quoted him as saying in a jocular tone that fighters of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group who at the moment are coaching Belarus’s military have been eager to push throughout the border into NATO member Poland.
“The Wagner guys have started to stress us – they want to go west. ‘Let’s go on a trip to Warsaw and Rzeszow’,” he was quoted as saying. There was no indication that Lukashenko was critically entertaining that concept.
Poland is transferring additional troops in direction of the border with Belarus in response to the arrival of Wagner forces who relocated there after a short-lived mutiny in Russia final month.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
