Merkouris: the situation on the contact line is becoming desperate for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Now the Ukrainian army is sending the best Western equipment to the front line, the expert noted.

According to him, Russian pilots fly “100 sorties a day,” carrying out bombing attacks on positions of the Ukrainian armed forces. The Russian group of troops did not allow them to gain a foothold on the Petrovskoye-Lastochkino-Severnoye line, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.