“Ukraine is Finished”: Russia Claims Ukraine Lost 90,000 Casualties in Meat Grinder
Ukraine’s counteroffensive has “failed completely,” Putin claims
Ukraine has lost “over 90,000 people” since June 4 in its stalling “counteroffensive”, Russian President Vladimir Putin claims. The Ukrainian effort to reach Crimea and Mariupol “has failed completely”, Putin said on Sunday.
“As for the counteroffensive, which is apparently stalling – it has failed completely. We know that in certain areas of the hostilities, however, the opposing side is preparing new active offensive operations. We see this, and we know it. And we are also responding to this accordingly,” Putin said in an interview with reporter Pavel Zarubin, published on Sunday.
In the face of a faltering Ukrainian attack, Russia had begun improving its positions,
