\u0027We have significant losses of troops. It\u0027s a huge tragedy for us,\u0027 said spokesman Dmitry Peskov
Russia has previously acknowledged its attack has not progressed as quickly as it wanted, but on Thursday Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov lamented the rising death toll., Peskov said, “We have significant losses of troops. It’s a huge tragedy for us.”
NATO estimates that Russia has lost 7,000 to 15,000 troops during the six-week war — a startling number — while Ukraine puts the toll at 18,600. Those figures rival, if not exceed, the 14,453 lost during the Soviet Union’s roughly 10-year war in Afghanistan and the 11,000 Russian service members who died in the two Chechen wars.Peskov vaguely discussed the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine.
“Our military are doing their best to bring an end to that operation,” he told the publication. “And we do hope that in coming days, in the foreseeable future, this operation will reach its goals or will finish it by the negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegation.”However, earlier this week while speaking in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the war could last “for weeks, but also months, and possibly also for years.
“We have no indication that President Putin has changed his overall goal. That is to control Ukraine and to achieve significant military victories on the battleground. We don’t see a Russian retreat,” he said. “What we see is Russian regrouping and repositioning of their forces.”Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has been calling on NATO to provide weapons that he said are needed urgently.
“I came here today to discuss three most important things: weapons, weapons, and weapons. Ukraine’s urgent needs, the sustainability of supplies, and long-term solutions which will help Ukraine to prevail,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.Article content
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