A senior Ukrainian official said Kyiv's forces are focused on 'weakening the enemy's ability to defend itself.'
, who served as Ukraine's defense minister from 2019 to 2020 and now advises the country's defense ministry, toldthat regardless of high Russian losses, Moscow still has reserves to respond to fresh Ukrainian drives.
A destroyed Russian tank is seen in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 20, 2023. Ukraine's military reported another 560 Russian soldiers lost on Friday., they always have reserves," Zagorodnyuk explained."No army can have no reserves, this is not possible. They must have reserves. This is according to their doctrine."
"The question is about the quality of those reserves, the quantity also but particularly the quality," Zagorodnyuk added."I don't think they're high, as such...However, we cannot underestimate them." Neither Ukraine nor Russia releases up to date casualty figures, with Kyiv's Western partners also hesitant to shed light on Ukrainian losses for fear of undermining continued public support for its existential conflict.
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