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Western countries officials claim seven military generals Russia killed in the military invasion of Ukraine since February 24. President Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that his country would not impose sanctions on Russia related to the invasion of Ukraine such as the United States (US) and the European Union.
A Western official, who asked not to be named, said that one of the Russian military generals had been killed by his own troops. According to some Western officials, Russia’s heavy military casualties were partly due to communication and logistics problems, which reportedly led a number of senior Russian officers to use unencrypted channels which eventually exposed them to Ukrainian forces.
Meanwhile, Erdogan said he could not let the Turkish people freeze without Russian gas supplies. Erdoan explained that Turkey gets half of its natural gas supply from Russia and is cooperating with Russia on the construction of the country’s first nuclear power plant.
In addition to this news, here are international news that catch the attention of readers detik.comtoday, Saturday (26/3/2022):
– Russian military admits 1,351 soldiers died in invasion of Ukraine
The Russian military in its latest statement acknowledged that 1,351 of its soldiers had been killed in ‘special military operations’ in Ukraine since late February. Russia also said more than 400,000 civilians had been evacuated from Ukraine.
As reported AFPSaturday (26/3/2022), a number of senior Russian military officials for the first time in recent weeks announced the latest data on the number of soldiers who died in the invasion of Ukraine.
In a briefing in Moscow on Friday (25/3) local time, in addition to announcing 1,351 soldiers died in Ukraine, senior Russian military officials also said that about 3,825 other soldiers were injured.
– Call First Phase Complete, Russia Lowers ‘Main Goal’ in Ukraine?
Russia’s military signaled a reduction in war targets to focus on eastern Ukraine, after failing to break down fierce resistance in fighting and attacks over the past month.
As reported AFPSaturday (26/3/2022), President Vladimir Putin ordered a military action known as ‘special operations’ into Ukraine on February 24 with the aim of destroying the Ukrainian military and overthrowing the pro-Western President Volodymyr Zelensky, who would bring Ukraine under Russian influence.
But a senior Russian general, Sergei Rudskoi, this week announced the reduction of his “main goal” to control of the Donbas, a region of eastern Ukraine that has been partly controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
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