MOSCOW, July 31. /TASS/. The Kiev regime has failed to achieve any success on the battlefield with Western-supplied armaments that only prolong the military conflict, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a conference call with military commanders on Monday.

"It is obvious that Western-supplied equipment does not lead to successes on the battlefield and only stretches out the military conflict," the defense chief said.

Over the past month, the Ukrainian military lost more than 20,800 troops and over 2,200 items of military hardware, including 10 Leopard tanks, Shoigu said.

As the Russian Defense Ministry reported, the Ukrainian army has been making unsuccessful offensive attempts since June 4. Defense Minister Shoigu reported on July 11 that the Ukrainian army’s losses had exceeded 26,000 since Kiev launched its counter-offensive. Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that Ukrainian troops had failed to achieve any success in any of the frontline areas.