“Vivaldi” is a very successful operation. It's not finished yet. As of today, about 125–140 square kilometers have been de-occupied. Importantly, the number of Russians killed and wounded over the last 2–3 months has increased. Since the beginning of the year, they had 30–32,000 casualties per month – 21–22,000 killed and others badly wounded. Now, we are talking about 42,000 casualties a month. So, during the offensive, we lost several times fewer people than Russia, and they have been on the defensive. Our military wanted to start this operation a year ago, but it was not that well prepared yet. Thank God, we decided to postpone it a bit, and now we have good results and fewer losses.
From an interview with Reuters. (1/3)
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