Russia is trying to maintain the appearance of great success in the war against Ukraine. This is written by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

So, on the eve of the Ukrainian military reported that they had broken through the line of defense of the invaders in the Kherson region. In addition, the head of the joint coordinating press center of the Ukrainian Defense Forces South, Natalia Gumenyuk, said that the Ukrainian defenders “started counter-offensive actions in many directions”.

At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the aggressor country on the evening of August 29 announced that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was limited. They claim that the efforts of the Ukrainian military to advance in three directions in the Kherson region were unsuccessful. Thus, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation set the tone for the following discussions of the counteroffensive in the Russian media space.

As ISW noted, Russian bloggers also largely claimed that reports of the Ukrainian counter-offensive were exaggerated or fake, or that the counter-offensive itself was a failure..

At the same time, the bloggers of the aggressor country claimed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine still have not been able to break through the Russian defense lines in past counterattacks and still cannot do it..

Such statements by the Russian Federation, as noted by ISW, indicate that "

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Recall that OK " At the same time, Natalya Gumenyuk advised Ukrainians who cannot evacuate from the southern regions, where active battles are now unfolding for the liberation of territories occupied by Russians, to take care of reliable shelter.