Posted on 06/13/2023 4:14:06 PM PDT by Mariner
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday alternated threats of a new Russian offensive to grab more Ukrainian land with statements about the Kremlin's readiness for peace talks.
Speaking during a far-ranging meeting with Russian military correspondents and war bloggers, he made some of the most extensive comments about the conflict and his goals since sending the troops into Ukraine more than 15 months ago.
Here is a quick look at some of Putin's key statements:
UKRAINIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE
Putin asserted that Ukraine has suffered “catastrophic” losses in its counteroffensive.
He said Ukrainian troops amassed reserves to launch the “large-scale” operation on June 4, but he claimed that the effort has failed to score gains and that Ukraine has lost 10 times more soldiers than Russia. His claims could not be verified.
Putin declared that Ukraine lost 160 battle tanks and over 300 other armored vehicles, while Russia only lost 54 tanks. He alleged that the Ukrainian armor losses represented 25% to 30% of the number of Western armored vehicles supplied to Ukraine.
He noted with a smirk that German-made Leopard battle tanks and U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles “are burning really well,” adding that leaders in Kyiv must now realize the disastrous consequences of the counteroffensive.
PONDERING NEW LAND GAINS
Putin said Moscow could respond to alleged Ukrainian incursions and shelling of Russia's border regions by carving out what he described as a “sanitary zone” to prevent Kyiv from launching such attacks.
The zone would extend "to a depth that would prevent it from striking our territory,” he added.
Asked how deep into Ukraine Russia could go, Putin responded coyly, saying that “everything will depend on potentials that emerge after the so-called counteroffensive.”
“We will look at the situation and decide on our next moves,” he said. “We have various plans depending on the situation.”
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“Russia which now is even more financially wealthy because of BRICS?”
You have a lot of faith in the alliance of countries where the only thing they have in common is they can’t get indoor plumbing to their citizens.
Please go on and tell me about American self-manufacturing a and self-reliance
Oh and please go on about the lack of natural resources in the BRICS nations
“Yes.”
Prove it.
Clearly ‘election interference’....
“Nobody was saying anything about nukes until that nutcase Liz Truss opened her mouth.”
You fraud! She was asked directly by a questioner — as a general question — that if she, as prime minister, had to order the use of nuclear weapons, would she be prepared to do that. She said, “Yes.”
The leaders of every nuclear nation would have — or have
— said the same thing.
But, of course, that was not the context you took when you originally claimed that it was the UK that first mentioned using nukes. You said it in response to Russian mouthpieces saying Russia should consider using nukes against Ukraine and/or the West in the context of the war in Ukraine, and you said the UK said it first.
Give it up, Noob.
Putin responded to Truss, cope
Nice try, kid.
So, your go-to guy is a former STATE senator who has long criticized the US and has appeared on Russian, Israeli and Chinese state-run and Hezbollah-affiliated media critiquing US foreign policy?
Give it up, Ivan.
You’re foundering, kid.
Sorry I’m not supporting Biden’s war so he can keep using Ukraine to funnel little kids for him and his friends
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