“Russia, the war of attrition in the Middle Ages… More damage than Iraq and Afghanistan”
Ukraine and Russia suffered heavy damage from long-range artillery attacks
Putin: “If the West supports missiles, we will expand our target of attack”
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Recently, as Russia intensifies its offensive once morest Ukraine, the casualties of Ukrainian troops are increasing, with the number of casualties approaching 100 per day.
Experts say that Russia is implementing a medieval war of attrition and worry that the battlefield is causing far more casualties than Iraq or Afghanistan over the past 20 years.
Reporter Kang Seong-ok reports.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky said this week that between 60 and 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in a single day.
The casualties are mainly in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been focusing their offensive recently.
Ben Hodges, former commander of U.S. forces in Europe, said, “Russia is adopting a strategy of attrition like the Middle Ages.
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Recently, it is observed that Ukraine suffered the most from Russian mid-range artillery attacks.
Experts are concerned that the sacrifice of Ukrainian forces will continue for a long time until they destroy Russian batteries with Western weapons support.
At the same time, Russian President Putin has warned that if the West provides long-range missiles to Ukraine, it will hit targets it has not hit before.
Putin’s remarks came following the United States and Britain announced that they would provide Ukraine with advanced multiple rocket launchers capable of attacking Russian batteries.
Although the damage is increasing as the war turns into a long-term war, Ukraine is appealing that the West must provide more active arms support in order to gain victory.
This is YTN Kang Seong-ok.
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