Russia has been able to lose more than 40,000 soldiers in the month of June, figures that exceed those of any other war in which Moscow has participated, assured the president of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky, in a video message I broadcast tonight.
“Russian losses in June could exceed 40,000 soldiers. They have not lost so many soldiers in any other war in many decades,” said the Ukrainian president.
He further said that the “Russian army is trying to deploy reserve troops in Donbas. But what reservations can they talk about right now?” he asked.
The Donbas, in the east of Ukraine and that includes the pro-Russian Donetsk and Lugansk regionsis the current focus of Russian attacks where they are helped by guerrillas related to Moscow.
“It seems that poorly trained recruits will be thrown into battle, as well as those who had been recruited through covert mobilization efforts,” Zelensky continued.
In his opinion, “the generals russians they see their people simply as cannon fodder, which they need to make sure they outnumber us, outnumber us, outnumber us, outnumber us.”
Zelenski explained that the “fiercest battles are currently being fought in Severodonetsk (in the Luhansk region)”, where Ukrainians are “fighting for every inch of land”.
Las russian occupation forces They are also advancing on Lisichansk, Bakhmut and Sloviansk, three key towns in this region, the president admitted.
The Military Administration of the Lugansk region previously reported that the russian forces they have been firing relentlessly at Lisichansk and Severodonetsk during the course of Sunday, June 12. (EFE)