General Valeriy Zaluzhny has conducted a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Brown during which he described the situation in the combat zone as "complicated but under control".
According to him, the "hottest" areas remain the Avdeevka, Kupyansk and Maryinka directions.
"We also discussed our plans for the winter period and separately addressed the urgent needs of the Ukrainian army. First of all, we are talking about grenades, air defense equipment and UAVs. We discussed the issues of training our servicemen and restoring the combat capability of units," Zaluzhny wrote in his Telegram channel.
US officials estimate that the Ukrainian armed forces have suffered 70,000 fatalities and up to 120,000 wounded during the conflict in Ukraine, according to a report in The Economist in November. In August, The New York Times, citing estimates by Western officials and analysts, wrote that the Ukrainian army's losses exceeded 150,000 soldiers killed and wounded.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive began on 4 June. Kiev sent brigades which had been trained by NATO instructors and armed with Western equipment into battle. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Kiev's push had failed, with Ukraine suffering heavy casualties.