Russia The US said today that it had inflicted more than 115,000 casualties on the Ukrainian army in the last two months of its offensive in the north and east of the front.
“In these two months, our troops have liberated 420 square kilometers of territory and the Ukrainian army, according to Defense data, has suffered more than 115,000 casualties in its ranks,” he said. Sergei ShoiguSecretary of the Russian Security Council, during a visit to Azerbaijanaccording to Russian agencies.
Shogo He added that the enemy has also lost more than 3,000 armored vehicles and 3,000 other military vehicles since mid-June.
“We are talking about almost 60,000 casualties per month. Although this could have been stopped if they had complied with the demands made by our president (Vladimir Putin). Therefore, our position is clear and understandable, our troops are advancing,” he said.
Moscow conditions
The former Russian defense minister regretted that kyiv has not yet reacted to the conditions imposed by Putin in June: the Ukrainian withdrawal from the four regions annexed by Moscow and his renunciation of plans to enter the I’LL TAKErequirements that both kyiv and the West consider unacceptable.
“Every day of delay in taking such a decision results in the loss of control over a new part of the territory that the Ukrainians consider theirs and, most importantly, in the loss of thousands of human lives,” he stressed.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Russian troops have managed to take several strongholds in the Donetsk region in recent weeks, which has allowed them to approach important crossroads in Toretsk y Pokrovsk.
The time for negotiation is running out
Shogowho was relieved of his post as defence minister in May, stressed that “Russian troops continue to successfully fulfil the objectives of the special military operation set by the Supreme Commander.”
For this reason, kyiv and the Western powers are “trying at all costs to achieve a pause in military actions” so that the Ukrainian army has “the opportunity to regroup.”
“But we have no intention of relying on their words. We will only rely on concrete actions,” he said.
The Russian representative stressed that “the window of opportunity for Ukraine is closing”, so kyiv must make a quick decision, and ruled out that Russia is involved in a prolonged negotiation process aimed solely at wresting the initiative from the Russian army. EFE
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