The United States says more than 10,000 Russian servicemen have been killed in Ukraine
Nuland said he would face additional Western sanctions unless Russia stopped its aggression against Ukraine
US Russia Ukraine in the war 10 reports losing more than a thousand servicemen. This was announced by the US Assistant Secretary of State on Current Time Victoria Nuland he said.
“Russia The party inflicts incredible losses – to our calculations according to, 10 More than a thousand Russians killed “ – Nuland stressed.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on March 25 that 1,351 servicemen had been killed.
Ukraine Russia’s losses are many times higher, with more than 17,000 casualties and includes the wounded. NATO has voiced the possibility of killing between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian servicemen in military operations.
RFE / RL has not been able to independently verify any of these figures.
“When there is no real ceasefire”
In the coming weeks Russia with Ukraine As for the possibility of peace between, Nuland said that, “Ukrainians and allies are trying to do that, “butRussia Ukraine He still doesn’t understand how strong his army is. “
“There will be no serious talks without a real ceasefire,” he said. – Nuland said in an interview. He arrived in the United States on March 29 from Russia and He welcomed the talks between Ukraine and Istanbul.
According to Nuland according toMoscow’s decision to change the position of the forces “Ukrainians Kyiv and It is a direct result of the fierce resistance around Chernigov. “
“It simply came to our notice then that, it’s just a change of position of Russian forces, they will return to other parts of Ukraine, Mariupol, Kherson and will fire on other places “, – Said Nuland.
According to him according toany negotiated settlement of the conflict must ensure that Ukraine is not subjected to further aggression in the future.
“It simply came to our notice then according to Ukraine will also need the security support it needs to use in this conflict, another attempt by Moscow snowto get the bottle. She according to also our allies and together with our partners we will continue to provide strong security support to Ukraine ” He stressed.
Air defense systems
President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskiAs for the West’s possible reaction to the US request for air defense systems, Nuland said without going into details that, “We are considering air defense systems that are important to Ukraine and We are already providing it. “
He added that Russia would face additional Western sanctions unless it stopped its aggression against Ukraine.
“As long as the war continues, our allies and Russian President Vladimir Putin with our partners Putinb and “We will increase the pressure on the government every week, depriving them of the money they need for a war machine.” – Said Nuland.
Russia has faced tough financial sanctions from the West since launching an unjustified attack on Ukraine on February 24.