Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu stated Tuesday that Ukraine’s navy assets had been “almost exhausted”, as Kyiv wages a gruelling counter offensive to recapture misplaced territory.

“Despite comprehensive assistance from the West, Ukraine’s armed forces are unable to achieve results,” Shoigu stated at a safety convention in Moscow.

“Preliminary results of the hostilities show that Ukraine’s military resources are almost exhausted,” he stated.

He added that there was “nothing unique” about Western weapons and that they weren’t invulnerable to Russian arms on the battlefield.

Kyiv kicked off its lengthy anticipated counter offensive in June, however has acknowledged robust battles because it struggles to interrupt via closely fortified Russian positions.

While Ukraine has claimed beneficial properties across the war-torn metropolis of Bakhmut in its east, Russia has claimed advances across the city of Kupiansk within the northeastern Kharkiv area.

Shoigu was talking on the Moscow Conference on International Security. Russia invited representatives from over 100 nations to attend, however Western nations had been excluded.