There is too much difference between what Uzbek reported and what Antony Blinken said Army | Ukraine | Ukrainian side
According to the report of Deutsche Presse-Agentur on July 24, Hanna Maliyar, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, said that since the counter offensive launched a few weeks ago, the Ukrainian army has recovered about 227 square kilometers of territory from the Russian army.
According to reports, Maria said that the Ukrainian army has recaptured 192 square kilometers of territory on the southern front, of which 12 square kilometers were recaptured last week. In the vicinity of Bahmut, which is under Russian control, the Ukrainian army has recaptured a total of 35 square kilometers of territory.
According to reports, the Ukrainian army recaptured 4 square kilometers of territory in the Donetsk region in the east last week.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur said that it could not independently verify the above information.
According to reports, Ukrainian military observers say that the Russian military currently controls over 100000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean Peninsula that Russia annexed in 2014.
It was previously reported that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with CNN on July 23: "Ukraine has recaptured about 50% of the initially occupied territory."
Antony Blinken said in an interview: "Now is just the beginning of the counter offensive. The situation is very difficult."
Antony Blinken added that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will not end in the next week or two, but will last for several months.
Russian President Putin stated during a meeting with Belarusian President Lukashenko on the 23rd that the Ukrainian military's counterattack has "failed".