Former intelligence officer Ritter: Russia, after defeating the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hit NATO – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

“Russia defeated the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which would be more correct to call NATO, since, after defeating the Ukrainian army, Russia also attacked NATO,” he said.

The Russian Armed Forces, Ritter added, “continue to grow and go on the offensive.”

Earlier, the Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, stated that the main task of the Russian troops in the zone of special operations this year was to repel the counteroffensive of the Ukrainians . Strike force of the Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian army, he added, during the summer counteroffensive planned to blockade Melitopol for 15 days and then reach Crimea.

However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at the cost of colossal losses, could not even overcome the tactical zone of the Russian defense.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, for his part, reported that the enemy’s total losses since the beginning of the special operation exceeded 383 thousand dead and wounded soldiers.