On the eve of the Peace Summit in Switzerland, Russia did not mention its soldier losses, but highlighted the number of troops during the meeting with the military. Zelensky estimated the losses at 31 thousand men.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this Friday that around 700,000 soldiers are currently involved in the offensive in Ukraine, which began in February 2022.
“We have almost 700,000 men in the zone of special military operations,” Putin said, using the official term to characterize the ongoing war, during a meeting with soldiers decorated for their armed exploits, broadcast on television.
In December, Putin had indicated that the number of troops involved was 617,000.
This announcement comes at a time when Russia launched a major offensive in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine in May.
TO Russia does not mention its human losses in the military offensive on Ukrainian soil.
The last known figure, as of September 2022, was 5,937 soldiers killed in combat, but various independent analyses, as well as those of Western intelligence services, estimate that these losses amount to at least tens of thousands.
Russia has the advantage in terms of numbers on the front line, particularly in terms of operational personnel, while Ukraine is struggling to mobilize after more than two years of deadly and devastating fighting.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky estimated his country’s military losses in February at 31,000 dead.
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Vladimir Putin established this Friday a de facto capitulation of Ukraine as a condition for talks with kyiv, on the eve of a summit in Switzerland dedicated to ways to achieve peace, from which Russia is excluded, while Zelensky rejected what he considered a ” de facto capitulation” of Ukraine. ultimatum” in the style of the leader of the Nazi regime Hitler.
TO Russia occupies practically all of Lugansk and much of the Donetsk region, as well as parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Ukraine has relied on financial and arms aid from its Western allies since Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022.
kyiv’s allies have also enacted sanctions against key sectors of the Russian economy to try to diminish Moscow’s ability to finance the war effort in Ukraine.
The conflict, which has now entered its third year, has led to the destruction of important infrastructure in several areas of Ukraine.
Source: Observadora
