"In the Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, supported by artillery fire and aviation, successfully repelled five attacks of the 22nd and 24th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in areas of [the villages of] Maloilinevka and Klishcheevka, and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 30th Mechanized Brigade in the areas of [the villages of] Vasukovka and Kurdiumovka," Astafyev said, adding that Kiev has lost up to 300 soldiers killed and wounded in this direction, as well as two armored fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive began on June 4. Kiev sent into battle brigades trained by NATO instructors and armed with Western equipment, including Leopard and Challenger tanks. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Kiev's push had failed and that Ukraine had suffered heavy casualties. Several Western officials also acknowledged that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had not been successful so far.
On November 1, Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said that Kiev's counteroffensive had reached a "stalemate.