Ukraine will try to step up its counteroffensive before NATO's July summit in the hope of achieving results and receiving an invitation to join the bloc, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday, adding that he also expects a new wave of escalation in northern Kosovo.
"Now I am expecting a big offensive by Ukraine in two directions - one in Bakhmut and the other, larger, in Enerhodar and Melitopol. I think that they have prepared several dozen brigades and will break through the Russian defenses in that part. I do not root for anyone, but I think that this will happen, of course, with a huge number of casualties," Vucic told Serbian broadcaster Prva.
Kiev believes that the successful counteroffensive will change the course of hostilities and Ukraine will receive a "ticket" for membership in NATO, Vucic added.
Vucic also expressed the fear that when a new Ukrainian counteroffensive begins, Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti will launch a new round of persecution of Kosovo Serbs in northern Kosovo.
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A Ukrainian commander has criticized the highly mobile AMX-10 RC infantry fighting vehicles – sometimes described as light tanks – supplied by the French government as "impractical" for front-line attacks, claiming one four-man crew had already died because of the vehicle's thin armour.
Kyiv said in April that the French vehicles, which are designed for armed reconnaissance and attacks on enemy tanks, were already in service.
But a 34-year-old battalion commander within the 37th Marine Brigade who uses the call sign Spartanets said the tanks' "thin armour" means they can be used as fire support, but not in front-line assaults.
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В Харьковской области ВС РФ удалось поразить военную технику противника, которую ранее доставили из центральных и западных районов Украины. Об этом в ходе брифинга сообщил официальный представитель Министерства обороны Российской Федерации генерал-лейтенант Игорь Конашенков.
ReplyDeleteОн уточнил, что это произошло в местах разгрузки на ж/д станциях в районе Балаклеи и Чугуева.
Russian forces destroyed up to 360 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction over the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteВласти самопровозглашенной республики Косово могут спровоцировать новый виток эскалации на фоне украинского контрнаступления. Об этом в воскресенье, 2 июля, сообщил президент Сербии Александр Вучич в эфире TV Prva.
ReplyDeleteНаступление Украины может произойти на двух направлениях: одно — у Артемовска (украинское название — Бахмут) и второе, более масштабное, — у Энергодара, предположил он.
«Думаю, они подготовили несколько десятков бригад и пробьют российскую оборону в той части [фронта]», — уточнил Вучич.