The Russian army worked on the mistakes and became stronger.

Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said this on the air of the national telethon.

According to her, the military leadership announced the new tactics of the Russian invaders two months ago, when they withdrew troops from the Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions as a result of the victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the first stage of the war..

" War, unfortunately, makes all belligerents stronger if they take into account their mistakes.. Nobody hides the fact that the enemy is strong,"

Now the number one task for the Russian military is to capture the entire Lugansk region. According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the leadership of the Russian Federation has set a new deadline - until June 26.

" In fact, the fight is very difficult.. And here it is extremely difficult to make any accurate forecasts, so what is the dynamics.

Every half an hour the situation changes,"

Malyar stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for their part, are doing everything possible to prevent the enemy from occupying the Luhansk region and preventing the Ukrainian troops from being surrounded..

She stressed that since the beginning of the war, there has been a maximum intensity of fighting.. According to her, decisive battles are now taking place, in particular, if we talk about the city of Severodonetsk..