Putin goes Thermonuclear: "We did not start war in Ukraine, we are ending it; 90,000 Ukrainian casualties since the counteroffensive"

"'We were not the ones who organized a bloody coup in Kiev; it wasn’t us who intimidated the Crimeans and Sevastopol residents with Nazi-style ethnic purges. We weren't the ones who tried to force the Donbass to obey using shellings and bombings. We were not the ones who threatened violence against those who wanted to speak their native language,' Putin said, stressing that it was Kiev that used tanks and artillery to wage war against the Donbass.

Despite civilians and children being killed in Donbass long before Russia launched its military operation last year, no other countries, especially in the West, paid any attention to this or shed any tears for them, the president said.

'The war started by the Kiev regime with the active, direct support of the West is now in its tenth year,' Putin noted. 'The special military operation is aimed at stopping it...'" [less than 50%] [link to www.rt.com (secure)]




"The Ukrainian military has lost more than 90,000 troops since its counteroffensive against Russian forces began in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. With little territory gained, Kiev’s Western backers reportedly consider the operation a failure.

'Since June 4 alone, Ukrainian units have already lost over 90,000 people,' Putin told a plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, noting that this number includes both deaths and incapacitations.

Ukraine has also lost 557 tanks and almost 1,900 armored vehicles in the same timeframe, Putin added..." [less than 50%] [link to www.rt.com (secure)]