Putin cynically calls war against Ukraine a 'pain for Russians'
Photo: Vladimir Putin, Russian President (Getty Images)
The Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that his war against Ukraine has become a "pain for Russians," the Kremlin leader made this statement during his speech at the Valdai Forum.
"A terrible example and a Ukrainian tragedy. It is pain for Ukrainians and for Russians, for all of us," Putin said.
In his view, the reasons for the "Ukrainian conflict" are supposedly known to everyone, so he did not name them.
Putin invented the idea of globalist expansionists in the West and their servants in Kyiv, who "encouraged, incited, armed Ukraine, and set it against Russia," showing disregard "not only for Russian but also for Ukrainian interests."
The Kremlin leader cynically added that such people "have no pity for the Ukrainian people, who are expendable material for them."
Russian losses
Putin’s statements sound particularly cynical against the backdrop of how Russia treats its soldiers in the war against Ukraine.
Russian troops have repeatedly been sent to meat-grinder assaults to occupy more Ukrainian territory. There have also been known cases of Russian soldiers finishing off their own and denying medical aid to the wounded.
This treatment of soldiers has led to enormous losses in the Russian army. According to official data from the Ukrainian General Staff, as of today, over three and a half years of the full-scale war, Russia has lost around 1,112,460 soldiers, including both killed and wounded.
At the same time, Ukraine’s losses are several times lower. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the daily loss ratio is one to three.
