“Should we go back to Kyiv?” Vladimir Putin asked at a meeting with Russian military correspondents, with whom he discussed the evolution of the military offensive against neighboring Ukraine.
This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a televised meeting with Russian military correspondents and military bloggers, Sky News reports.
During this discussion, the head of the Kremlin said that he does not see the need for additional mobilization of people to fight in Ukraine, but everything depends on what Russia wants to achieve there.
“Some public figures say that we need to get a million or two million (mobilized Russian soldiers, no),” Putin said. “It depends on what we want,” he added.
He was asked in the context of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, which Russian forces failed to capture after a full-scale invasion of the neighboring country on February 24, 2022.
“Should we go back there?” Putin answered this question.
Putin’s first reaction to Ukraine’s counteroffensive
The Russian president also spoke on Tuesday about Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which he said began on June 4, during which Kyiv suffered “10 times more” casualties than Russia.
Putin stated that Ukraine’s losses would be 10 times greater than Russia’s, and that Kyiv would lose more than 160 tanks, while Moscow would lose 54. He also said that Ukraine would lose 25-30% of the equipment provided to it by the West, and that Ukrainian the army would not be able to make any progress in the war zones.
The head of the Kremlin refused to say whether Moscow would launch a new offensive against Ukraine in response to Kyiv’s counteroffensive, noting that Russia’s plans would depend on its military potential.
“Common goals”
About the “general goal” of Russia in the “special military operation” in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said that it will not change in its “general features”: “We are gradually demilitarizing Ukraine. It will be necessary to install anti-aircraft defense – the task will be completed.”
Read in full: Vladimir Putin, the first reaction to Ukraine’s counteroffensive and losses at the front / Critics of his own army
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