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Ukraine suffered 166K dead, injured in its counteroffensive: MoD

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 11 Apr 2024 22:05
3 Min Read

A top Russian military official has told reporters that any renewed Ukrainian counteroffensive will mark the final defeat of the country's armed forces.

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  • Ukraine suffered 166K casualties in its counteroffensive: Official
    Ukrainian soldiers pass by a vehicle burning near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, November 23, 2023. (AP)

Around 166,000 Ukrainian troops were either killed or severely injured as a result of the counteroffensive launched by Ukraine earlier, a senior source in the Russian Defense Ministry told media outlets. 

"It should be recalled that the result of the previous counteroffensive plan by Commander-in-Chief Zelenskyy in 2023, which he mildly characterized as 'not so successful,' was the death and severe injuries of more than 166,000 Ukrainian soldiers, as well as the loss of 789 tanks, 2,400 other armored vehicles, and 132 aircraft," the source told reporters, according to Sputnik.

Earlier on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the German newspaper BILD that his government is already planning a new counteroffensive against Russian forces, which will include plans for the destruction of the Crimean Bridge. The Bridge links the Crimean Peninsula to the rest of mainland Russia and was opened to traffic in 2018. 

However, Russian officials believe that Zelensky's plots for another counteroffensive will end in a complete disaster for Kiev and mark the final defeat of Ukrainian armed forces. 

"Due to such non-trivial approaches in military planning, there is no doubt that the implementation of Zelensky's new plan for a counteroffensive will end in a complete disaster for Ukraine with the final defeat of the armed forces of Ukraine and the beginning of the path to peace on Russian terms," the source told reporters.

"Kiev compensates the huge shortage of military personnel with new cannon fodder, promoting the law on mass forced mobilization of citizens," the source added.

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