NATO talks about equipment losses in Ukraine, continued fighting south of Donetsk

“We will receive a report from Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and the generals who attended the meeting on Western equipment losses in Kiev. I hope to get a clearer picture,” Mr. Stoltenberg said at a press conference on June 14 in Brussels (Belgium).

“When a large-scale attack begins, of course there will be losses. This also applies to NATO military equipment provided to Ukraine,” the NATO Secretary General stressed.

Meanwhile, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian forces have made unsuccessful offensive attempts since June 4, suffering losses in human lives and military equipment.

German Leopard tank. Photo: AP

Fighting continues south of Donetsk

Mr. Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), said that a number of villages in the southern Donetsk region of the DPR are constantly experiencing fighting.

“The most difficult situation is in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction. The enemy has approached our positions, but the situation is constantly changing. Some villages and small settlements in this direction are completely destroyed, because there is constant fighting there,” he said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Thanh Thao