MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE
1 DEC, 13:35
Kiev loses over 125,000 troops in six months of counteroffensive — Russia’s defense chief
Russian troops "are operating competently and decisively, gaining more advantageous positions and expanding areas of their control in all directions," Sergey Shoigu emphasized
Kiev has lost more than 125,000 troops and 16,000 items of armament over six months of the so-called counteroffensive while Western arms supplies and mobilization activities in Ukraine only increase the Ukrainian army’s casualties, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday.
"An all-out mobilization in Ukraine, the deliveries of Western armaments and the commitment of strategic reserves to combat by the Ukrainian military command have not changed the situation on the battlefield. These desperate actions have only added to casualties among Ukrainian army units. Over six months of the so-called counteroffensive, the enemy has lost more than 125,000 personnel and 16,000 items of various armament," the defense chief said at a conference call with military commanders.
Russian battlegroups are inflicting effective and strong damage on the enemy by firepower, which has considerably diminished the Ukrainian army’s combat capabilities, Shoigu said.
Russian troops "are operating competently and decisively, gaining more advantageous positions and expanding areas of their control in all directions," the defense chief emphasized.
Vita sio nzuri kwa namna yoyote Ile,watu wasio na hatia wanakufa kwa sababu za ujinga wa watu wachache wenye uchu wa kutaka madaraka na himaya zaidi.