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The most reliable sources, BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, have recently verified 90,000 confirmed Russian fatalities. They estimate the actual number of Russian KIA (Killed in Action) to be between 138,500 and 200,000,
I'm interested primarily from the standpoint of death. We're losing all those soldiers and they're not American soldiers, they're Ukrainian and Russian soldiers, but you're probably talking about a million and a half I think,
Our assessments further indicate there have been over 750,000 Russian casualties since the beginning of the full-scale invasion with the grim milestone of one million Russians dead and wounded likely to be reached within approximately six months."
In December 2024, the U.K. Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard MP, told the U.K. Parliament's House of Commons Trump borrowed a lot of Putin's talking points about the role of Russia in World War II and all of the multiple casualties,
The way that Trump frames this new approach, the way that he talks about his first official on-the-record conversation with President Putin, is definitely seen as a symbolic win by Moscow,
I'm very sorry, but the Western reaction shows that there are practically no such people left there,
They're part of it. We would have Ukraine, and we have Russia, and we'll have other people involved, a lot of people,
Trump told a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House For Russia, the fact that for now it looks like it's going to be Russia and the United States outlining the scheme for cessation of hostilities and potential resolution of the conflict or turning it into frozen conflict will be happening between Moscow and Washington, and Kyiv and European capitals will be a sideshow here,
said Alexander Gabuev, director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center It's certainly an innovative approach to a negotiation to make very major concessions even before they have started,
former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who co-chairs the European Council on Foreign Relations. said on social platform X From day one ... they've said they cannot have Ukraine be in NATO. They said that very strongly, ... I actually
We're working with (Ukrainian) President (Volodymyr) Zelensky and with (Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin, and my impression is that ... I know that President Zelensky wants to make a deal, and I also feel that I know that President Putin wants to make a deal,
We will do our best to keep contributing to Ukraine's agriculture and to play a major role in the long-term development of the country's farming industry,
Daedong Vice President Lee Jong-sun said last month This is fantastic news for Ukraine and its construction and road equipment market,
former Ukrainian Deputy Energy Minister Yaroslav Demchenkov wrote on social media, posting photos of the office's opening ceremony I think we're on the way to getting peace. I think President Putin wants peace, President Zelenskyy wants peace, and I want peace. I just want to see people stop getting killed,
he told reporters at the White House Machinery is already in high demand, and as soon as the war ends and large-scale sustainable reconstruction begins, the need for advanced equipment will only grow,
So far no decisions have been made, neither at the working level, nor at the highest level,
Probably we'll have a first meeting and then we'll see what we can do about the second meeting,
No, I haven't committed to going to Ukraine,
he answered when asked if he'd make the voyage to Kyiv We know the crown prince, I think it would be a very good place to meet,
President Putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. And he didn't want to have peace with Biden,
