1121 days ago, Russia's armed invasion of Ukraine began. The British Ministry of Defense said that since the start of the invasion on a full scale against Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian armed forces lost about 900,000 soldiers, including 200-250,000 of them. This is Russia's greatest losses since World War II. Here are the most important events of the last day regarding the war in Ukraine.
> As we read in a statement of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Russian command most likely set military goals above the life of Russian soldiers. “They are almost certainly ready to tolerate high victims' indicators, unless it has a negative impact on supporting war among society or elites” – he added. Russia's armed forces lost about 900,000 soldiers, including death from 200-250 thousand. This is Russia's greatest losses since World War II – states the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain.
Russian army in the Kursk region PAP/EPA
> British soldiers can be withdrawn from their existing dislocation places at the NATO eastern flank to create deterrent forces in Ukraine – said Deputy Minister of Defense of Great Britain Luke Pollard on Thursday, quoted by the Times daily. As Pollard emphasized in a statement for Times Radio, however, his country would not send units to Ukraine without a guarantee of security from the United States. The concept of distributing tens of thousands of European soldiers in Ukraine in order to supervise a possible Ukrainian-Russian agreement is supported by the President of France Emmanuel Macron and Great Britain Prime Minister Keira Starmer.
> Contrary to the claims of Vladimir Putin, repeated by the US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian soldiers are not encircled by the Russian army in the Kursk region in the West of Russia – three sources acquainted with the findings of Western intelligence services were reported by Reuters. According to two American sources, intelligence agencies in the US, including the CIA, gave these arrangements to the White House last week. Despite this, Trump continued to recall the alleged lap, recently on Tuesday after talking to Putin. The findings of American and European intelligence services show that Ukrainian soldiers had to be withdrawn from his positions in Kurski's region under the pressure of Russian troops, but they were not encircled by them recently.
> Drones attacked the airport in the city of Engels in the Saratov region in the west of Russia, where heavy strategic bombers are stationed, used for attacks on Ukraine – Ukrainian media said on Thursday with the appointment of Russian sources. The Engels-2 military airport is the base of Tu-95MS and Tu-160 aircraft, belonging to the 22nd Bomb Aviation Division of Russia, said the Ukrainian Portal Port. The governor of the Saratov District Roman Busargin stated that it was the most massive drone attack on his region, which has been recorded so far. In Engels, school classes were canceled on Thursday. Residents of houses located near the airport were also evacuated. The city is located about 700 from the Russian border with Ukraine.
> After the meeting on Thursday with the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahrem Stoere, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelanski described the attitude of Donald Trump regarding the admission of Kiev to NATO as a gift for Vladimir Putin. Zelanski admitted that he was surprised by the attitude of the Americans. According to him, Donald Trump gave up the Kremlin too easily. He pointed out that in the American agenda of conversations with the Russians, the topic of Ukrainian joining NATO ceased to be visible. He also rejected the possibility of taking over Ukrainian nuclear power plants by the US.
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