Russian momentum in Ukraine could slow for lack of resources - Boris Johnson

That’s according to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who spoke with journalists from a group of European newspapers, Reuters reports.

In comments released on Wednesday by Germany’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Johnson said President Vladimir Putin’s forces were pushing forward in the eastern Donbas region, wreaking destruction but at a heavy cost in soldiers and weapons.

“Our defense intelligence service believes, however, that in the next few months, Russia could come to a point at which there is no longer any forward momentum because it has exhausted its resources,” Johnson was quoted as saying in the interview.

“Then we must help the Ukrainians to reverse the dynamic. I will argue for this at the Group of Seven summit (in Germany at the weekend),” he said.

“In as much as the Ukrainians are in a position to start a counter-offensive, it should be supported. With equipment that they demand from us,” he said.

Asked what a victory for Ukraine, or failure for Putin, would look like, Johnson said:

“That we at least regain the status quo that was there before February 24 and that its (Russia’s) troops are repulsed from the areas they invaded.”

As Ukrinform reported earlier, as of June 22, Russian military death toll in Ukraine stood at 34,230.