On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation in Ukraine in connection with the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for helpBERLIN, September 8.
/tass/. Ukraine's losses as a result of Russia's special military operation amounted to tens of thousands of people killed and wounded. Such data was cited on Thursday by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milli.
"They paid a high price for the losses of thousands, tens of thousands [of people] killed and wounded," the American military commander said about the armed formations of Ukraine. He spoke at a press conference following a new meeting of a group created by Western countries that coordinates the supply of military aid to Kiev. The meeting in which Milli took part was held at the Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in connection with the request of the leaders of the republics of Donbass for help. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories, and the goals are demilitarization and denazification of the country. The West, in response to Russia's decision, began gradually imposing numerous and large-scale sanctions against it. Along with this, Western states have begun to supply weapons and military equipment to Kiev for amounts estimated at this stage in the tens of billions of dollars. A number of Western politicians have admitted that it is, in fact, an economic war against Russia. As Putin stated on March 16, the Western sanctions policy towards Moscow has all the signs of aggression. He pointed out that the policy of containing Russia is a long-term strategy of the West.
