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Putin called the tragedy of Ukraine's huge losses during the counteroffensive

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The Russian President blamed the current Kiev regime for this

SOCHI, June 9. /tass/. The armed forces of Ukraine are suffering huge losses during their counteroffensive - this is a tragedy, the responsibility for which lies entirely with the Kiev authorities, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters.

"We are witnessing significant losses of troops of the Ukrainian regime," he said. - It is known that during offensive operations, losses go three to one, this is such a classic, but in this case it significantly exceeds the classical indicators. I will not reproduce these figures now, but they are impressive."

Putin drew attention to the fact that this tragedy is happening because of the events that happened in previous years. "And the responsibility for this tragedy lies entirely with the current Kiev regime, whose primary source of power is the coup d'etat in 2014," Putin stressed.

As reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian forces have been making unsuccessful attempts to attack since June 4, while incurring losses in people and equipment. On June 6, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that in three days Russian troops repelled all attempts of the "long-promised offensive" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while the losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to 3,715 people, 259 armored vehicles, 134 vehicles, 48 field artillery guns and more than 50 unmanned aerial vehicles.

As follows from the materials of the Bloomberg agency, the West recognizes significant losses of the APU. At the same time, the Politico newspaper, citing representatives of the Washington administration, wrote that further assistance to Kiev depends on the success of the counteroffensive. 

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