More than 16,000 Russian soldiers have lost their lives on the battlefield, Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a new speech.
He stressed that the strong resistance of the Ukrainians is a message to Russia that we must negotiate
He reiterated that everyone will see the war crimes committed in Mariupol.
Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin spoke of 1 more than 1,300 dead Russian soldiers
THE Russia admitted today him death of 1,351 soldiers since the beginning of its military offensive in Ukrainea month ago, accusing Western countries of making a “mistake” by supplying weapons to the Kyiv.
“During the special military operation, 1,351 soldiers were killed and 3,852 were injured,” Sergei Rudskoi, the country’s deputy chief of staff, told a news conference.
The previous official report of Moscow, on March 2, spoke of 498 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. Kyiv, for its part, is talking about much heavier losses in the ranks of the Russian armed forces.
Rudinsky also called it a “big mistake.” supply of weapons in the Kyiv from western countries.
“This prolongs the conflict, increases the number of victims and will not affect the outcome of the operation at all,” he said.
He added that Russia “Will answer accordingly”, if the NATO implement an air blockade zone over Ukraine, something that Kyiv has been asking for, unsuccessfully, for weeks.
In the meantime, the Russia has welcomed 419,736 refugees from eastern Ukrainesince the start of operations, according to Mikhail Mizintsev, director of the National Defense Management Center of Russia, who made statements in the same press conference.
“The Russian military will continue to conduct this special military operation until all targets are met,” said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konachenkov.
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