According to him, Ukrainian troops in some places, including in Huliaipole in the Zaporozhye region, made attempts to launch a counteroffensive, but they did not succeed.

“As soon as they began to accumulate - manpower, equipment - our Hurricanes flew there,” TASS quotes Bezsonov.

He added that the Armed Forces of Ukraine no longer have the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive in this direction in the near future.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of two launchers of American HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and their ammunition in the Donbass.