Ukrainian troops suffer heavy losses during the counterattack. This was reported by The New York Times, citing analysts.
Ukraine has not reported any casualties, but attacks on Russian trenches, bunkers, minefields, and combat positions are taking a heavy toll on the country's armed forces. Ukrainian losses are confirmed in both manpower and advanced weaponry, which was transferred to Kiev by the Allies. At the same time, there are no signs of a severe breach of the defense line of the Russian army.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian forces have been conducting unsuccessful offensive attempts since June 4, suffering human and equipment losses at the same time. On June 6, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergey Shoigu, announced that within three days, the Russian troops repelled all attempts of the "long-promised attack" of the armed forces of Ukraine, and the losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to 3,715 people. As follows from the materials of the Bloomberg agency, the West accepts the fact of significant losses of the armed forces of Ukraine.
