"Flag in hand": Putin - about the counter -cost of the Armed Forces

President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian authorities will “see how to end” the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He made a number of statements during a press conference following the results of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and the broadcast was told by RBC.

“They announced that they will not achieve any agreements, but will seek victory on the battlefield. Well, the flag in the hands. They are now trying to do this, conducting this counterattack. Let's see how it ends, ”Putin said .

At the same time, he noted that the offensive operation in the Donbass continues, despite "these attempts by the counterattack of the Ukrainian army."

“They are going at a short pace, but consistently, gradually, the Russian army occupies new and new territories,” the president says . He says that the “main task” of the so -called special military operation “remains unchanged and realized”.

Putin also explained that the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky announced that he was not ready for negotiations with Russia.

“Not ready - not necessary,” Putin said.

In addition, he stated that Moscow restrainedly responds to "attempts to conduct some terrorist acts, attempts to damage civil infrastructure", "but for the time being."

Today there was an explosion in the building of the “General Prosecutor General” of the self -proclaimed “LPR” in Lugansk. As a result, the “General Prosecutor of the LPR” Sergey Gorenko and his deputy were killed. The occupying "authorities" of the Kherson region also said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted a missile blow to the building of the administration of the region, as a result of which three people were killed .

In addition, in the control of Russia Berdyansk, the deputy mayor of the housing and communal services Oleg Boyko and his wife Lyudmila were killed , said a member of the pro -Russian administration of Zaporozhye Vladimir Rogov.