Belusov emphasizes that the Russian Army “has pulverized the best” Ukrainian units and praises the “acceleration” of advances
MADRID, 22 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister of Defense of Russia, Andrei Belousov, assured this Friday that Russian troops have “altered the entire campaign” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2025, within the framework of the rise in tensions in the conflict, unleashed in February 2022 by the invasion order given by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Belousov highlighted “the combat work carried out” and stressed that the Russian forces “have pulverized the best” Ukrainian units. “Progress has accelerated. Basically, we have altered its entire campaign for 2025,” he said during a visit to a command post of the Northern group of troops, which operates in the Russian region of Kursk, according to the Russian news agency. Interfax news.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has indicated in a statement on its Telegram account that the minister has participated in “a working meeting” in which “he has heard reports about the situation, the provision of troops in the area of the special military operation –Moscow’s official name for the invasion of Ukraine– and the nature of the enemy’s actions.
In this sense, the commander of the North group, Alexander Lapin, has conveyed to Belousov “the progress in combat missions in the group’s operational areas.” The minister has also analyzed “weapons used by the enemy, produced by NATO countries, including unmanned aerial devices, communication equipment and short weapons,” he concluded.
Russian forces have made numerous advances in eastern Ukraine in recent months, while authorities have claimed to have begun to force the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops who carried out an incursion in the Kursk region in August.
Tensions have increased dramatically in recent days, which has seen Kiev launch long-range British missiles and ATACMS missiles delivered by Washington into Russian territory, and Russia ratify changes to its doctrine. nuclear, which now includes the possibility of using nuclear weapons against a conventional attack.