Not to be disclosed!, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine: Currently engaged in information warfare | Ukraine | Deputy Defense Minister
According to a report by Russian news agency on June 9th, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Mariar stated on the "Telegraph" social media platform that the reason Kiev did not disclose the losses of the Ukrainian army during the counterattack was because there was an information war between Russia and Ukraine.
She wrote, "The current war occurs in two dimensions: physical space and information space. The battle in information space is equally intense, with clear goals, rules, and patterns."
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu previously announced that Kiev will launch a long promised counterattack in various areas of the front line within three days, and will gather a large number of weapons, equipment, and active forces for this purpose. The Russian army has stopped the Ukrainian army's attack and thwarted the enemy's attempt to attack. The Ukrainian army has lost up to 3715 people in these three days.
On the 9th, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a video screenshot of the destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicle.
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According to a report by Russia's Lianta Network on June 9th, Russian military expert Vladislav Shurekin made predictions about the problems faced by the Ukrainian armed forces in an interview with the News. He believes that the strategic reserve forces of the Ukrainian army can only function for a maximum of 5 to 6 days, and using these reserve forces afterwards will be meaningless.
The report quoted Shurekin as saying that the Ukrainian armed forces have deployed 30% of their existing reserve forces along the entire line of engagement, "but they have not even broken through the first line of defense anywhere.".
This expert stated that the main task of the Ukrainian army is not to break through the Russian defense line, but to launch a counterattack, and the results of the latter will become apparent in the coming days. He said, "If the situation cannot be reversed on the contact line in the next few days, they will be forced to switch to full defense, and this will be similar to defense after the Battle of Kursk."