BUDAPEST, November 28. /TASS/. NATO foreign ministers have acknowledged that the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counteroffensive against Russian troops has failed, falling far short of their expectations, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, participating in the two-day meeting that opened in Brussels, said.
"The goals and hopes of the Ukrainian counteroffensive have been dashed because there has been no major change on the battlefield and no breakthrough since its beginning. This has been recognized by many people here. Quietly, cautiously, but still recognized," Szijjarto told Hungarian journalists after the first day of the NATO ministerial meeting.
"Regarding the course of the counteroffensive in Ukraine, they mostly said that it brought lower-than-expected results," the foreign minister, whose speech was broadcast by the M1 TV channel, said. He specified that almost no one "considered the counteroffensive a success," save for a lone holdout. "But this was an isolated attempt that no one joined," Sijjarto said. He added that the main idea was that "everything that is happening is not living up to expectations."