Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with representatives of world news agencies, referred to the developments surrounding Ukraine: "Hitting Russia with the weapons of Western countries means their direct participation in the war against Russia, and we reserve the right to act in the same way," said the Russian President. He also called the rumors about Russia's plans to attack NATO countries nonsense. "There is no such danger, Russia is defending itself in Ukraine. The tragedy there began after the coup," the head of the Kremlin said, and expressed his belief that military operations in Ukraine could end if the United States stops military supplies to Kiev. Putin threatened the West with a "disproportionate response" if Ukraine attacks Russian territory from the West. supplied weapons. Moscow is particularly considering the possibility of deploying its weapons in other regions of the world, from where it can direct long-range weapons against the countries that supply weapons to Ukraine. The Russian president also referred to the losses of the parties, claiming that the Ukrainian side has 5 times more victims. than the Russian one. According to Putin's data, the armed forces of Ukraine allegedly lose about 50 thousand people every month in the war "in the form of sanitary and irreversible losses". Today, there are 1,348 Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine, and 6,465 Ukrainian soldiers are in captivity in Russia. The Ukrainian side claims that the loss of Russian troops during the war reached 513,700 soldiers.
Putin threatened the West with a "disproportionate response"
06.06.2024 20:14 |
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