KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday echoed the president’s assertion that Russia has lost more than 10,000 troops.
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Kuleba also said in a video message released by the Ukrainian government that the Russians had lost dozens of aircraft and hundreds of armored vehicles.
The claim could not be independently verified. The Russian military doesn’t offer regular updates on their casualties. On Wednesday, military officials revealed a death toll of 498.
“Russians keep bearing devastating losses on the ground, and I cannot understand how mothers, wives and daughters of these Russian soldiers bear this pain, seeing how President Putin sends more and more of their beloved ones to Ukraine,” Kuleba said.
Kuleba added, “Ukraine is bleeding but Ukraine has not fallen and stands (with) both feet on the ground.”
Is there any information as to whether the Russians have retrieved the bodies of their dead. Videos broadcast earlier in the week showed bodies left behind alongside destroyed vehicles. From the vehicles destroyed, the planes and helicopters shot done it certainly seems that the Russian casualties are far above the 450 acknowledged by the Russians.
This seems to be an insanely optimistic estimate. But you will notice the Ukrainians at least give us their guess. The Russians make no claim at all. We are only hearing one side of the story.
Zelensky is fabricating lies to prolong the western hope that Ukraine will come out of this alive, but Ukraine is lost, and Zelensky will eventually either run to USA to hide or be killed.