British Defense Secretary: Russia failed to achieve its goals in Ukraine on the first day of the attack.
The British Defense Secretary says that the Russian army failed to achieve its goals on the first day of the attack on Ukraine.
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says the Russian military has failed to capture Ukraine overnight.
According to Al-Mayadin, he further stressed that we believe that Russia intends to attack all of Ukraine.
“Russia has not been able to achieve its goals on the first day of the invasion of Ukraine,” he said, claiming that the Russian military had incurred high costs on the first day of the invasion.
He also claimed that the Russian army had lost 450 troops on the first day of the invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have not yet released statistics.
Earlier, Russian officials said the military operation was aimed at supporting the Donetsk and Luhansk republics.