Counterattacks From Ukraine, The End Of Unipolar System Or An Endless War.
The counter-attacks of the Ukrainian army and, in fact, NATO, which had been promised months ago by the Western and Ukrainian authorities and media with great enthusiasm, finally began on June 4 quietly and without official announcement in various axes, and according to reports, the Ukrainian forces Not only did Tacno fail to defeat the defense lines of the Russian army and make a significant advance, but also a large amount of modern military equipment donated by the Westerners was destroyed or captured intact by the Russian army in these counterattacks.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, has always emphasized that the Ukrainian army is determined to take back not only the lost eastern regions from Russia in the spring counterattacks but also the last Russian soldier from the Crimean peninsula, which was declared a referendum in 2014. It was annexed to the territory of Russia, and expelled, but the news of the battlefield and the hard ground of reality so far do not present a clear vision to Zelensky and the Westerners.
The beginning of spring counterattacks with operational silence
Western and Ukrainian officials and media have been continuously announcing for months that they are equipping the Ukrainian army with advanced military weapons in order to determine the role of Ukraine in the war by carrying out “big counter-attacks” and in the spring, and while recapturing the lost areas, in peace talks. They may have the upper hand at the negotiating table.
According to Le Monde newspaper, in the first 6 days of the start of counterattacks, the Ukrainian government issued a strict order for “operational silence” and no one was allowed to inform about the start of the operation, and the only narrators of the battlefields were the Russian media and officials.
While in the first week of the beginning of the counter-attacks, the Russian media kept reporting the heavy casualties of the Ukrainian forces, Volodymyr Zelensky finally announced the beginning of these attacks on June 10 (June 21). Of course, without referring to the details of this operation, he said that “counterattack and defensive measures are underway.” However, it is difficult to assess the reality of what is happening on the front lines, and both sides of the war put forward conflicting narratives; Ukraine claims to be advancing and Russia says it repelled the attacks.
As Le Monde wrote and confirmed the report of the Russian media, counterattacks by the Ukrainian army have been reported on three fronts: the southern front and in the Zaporizhia region, the Donbas front and in the southern region of Donetsk; And the third front in the northern and southern regions of the strategic city of “Bakhmut”, which recently came under the control of the Russian army after months of fighting.
Le Monde claims that due to the lack of real data from the Ukrainian side of the battlefields, it is not possible to have a true picture of the battle situation on different fronts, but it seems that some of these operations by the Ukrainian army are designed to test the heavily fortified Russian defense lines, some Probably to create a troop advance, and others probably just to deceive the Russians.
Putin: Ukrainian counterattack failed / Westerners confirmed
Although in the last 10 days, the Russian media reported almost daily the news of the country’s army confronting Ukraine’s counter-attacks on different fronts, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a press conference and a few days after the Ukrainian president acknowledged the beginning of the counter-attacks emphasized that the counter-attack was unsuccessful. and the Ukrainian army has suffered severe losses and the amount of these losses has reached a “catastrophic” level.
According to Putin, the Ukrainian army has not been successful in counter-attacks on any of the battle fronts, and the losses and casualties of the Ukrainian army are ten times that of the Russian army, and during the conflicts so far, more than 160 tanks and between 25 and 30 percent of the armored and military vehicles that the Ukrainian army from the countries received and destroyed, and on the other hand, the Russian army has lost only 54 tanks.
However, Zelensky quickly published a video message denying the failure of the counterattacks while thanking the Ukrainian forces and claiming that “progress continues.” Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Volry Zalogeny also responded to Putin’s statements and claimed that “successes have been achieved so far and everything is going according to plan.”
Western and mainstream authorities and media have so far been cautious and almost silent regarding the coverage of the counterattacks of the Ukrainian army, but their few positions and reports confirm the truth of the Russian president’s statements more than the narrative of the Ukrainian president and military officials about the situation of the Ukrainian army forces and counter attacks
“Associated Press” news agency wrote on Monday (June 12) in a report titled “Russia’s Advanced Weapons and Tactics Challenge Ukraine’s Attack”, the Ukrainian army has so far carried out a series of counter-attacks in several parts of the front line, but so far little achievements have been made in against the multi-layered defense of the Russian army. According to the Associated Press, the strong defense of the Russian army on different fronts has made any decisive and quick victory a big challenge for the Ukrainian army.
CNN, citing intelligence analysis, reported that the Ukrainian army has lost 16 armored vehicles provided by the United States in the past few days. In an interview with this network, John Kirby, the strategic communications coordinator of the White House’s National Security Council, confirmed the casualties among Ukrainian forces and the damage to American weapons following the heavy fighting around Bakhmut and other war fronts.
Conclusion
More than a year has passed since the war in Ukraine, and during this time, this country has handed over nearly 20% of its territory to the Russian army; Since months ago, the president and senior officials of Ukraine, in order to justify receiving all kinds of advanced weapons from the United States and European countries, emphasized that they are preparing to launch a large counter-attack in the spring to take back all the lost areas. Since 10 days ago, this “big counter-attack” started, but all the reports indicate that the forces of the Ukrainian army not only did not make much progress but also suffered huge losses in terms of military equipment and manpower.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, in the last ten days, the country’s army has removed only a few small villages in the Donetsk region from the control of the Russian forces, and so far this is the only achievement of major counter-attacks, while the Russian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday in its daily report of the counter-attacks of the Ukrainian army He announced that since the first day of counter-attacks in Ukraine, in addition to the destruction of dozens of tanks and advanced armored vehicles donated by Westerners, more than 7,500 Ukrainian military forces have also been killed in these attacks.
Although Ukrainian officials and Westerners, including the French president, insist that the counterstrikes are proceeding according to plan, the current process does not provide any indication that these counterstrikes are consciously targeted. According to Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy of the Russian Security Council and the former president of this country, “the promised counter-attacks of Ukraine have started, it is not surprising, because Kyiv has no other way. They say to themselves that we must attack; “It is necessary to attack to justify the money and weapons we have received.”
