Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov has repeatedly refused rule out on Tuesday any possibility use of Nuclear weapons, the retention of which can be seen as a response to an alleged “existential threat”.
Asked what circumstances would warrant such a response, Peskov said, “If it is an existential threat… for Our country, it could be.” He did not elaborate further during an interview with Christian Amanpour of CNN International.
Peskov admitted that Putin has not yet achieved his goals in Ukraine one A month after the invasion, but he said the Russian war was “ongoing.” on strictly in According with The plans and purposes previously identified.
Comments come hours after senior pentagonal official He said Russia lost more from 10% of Troops I sent to Ukraine.
The official who Talk to reporters on condition of Anonymity, said Moscow now has a “little below90% of The forces you collected in Belarus and western Russia are at the fore of it’s a military The process started on February 24.
On Monday, a pro-Kremlin tabloid reported what it said were Russian Defense Ministry data indicating 9,861 Russians were killed and 16,153 wounded during the war. The report was taken from Komsomolskaya Pravda quickly down.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not publicly identified the number of Losses incurred by Russia since early March when it said 498 soldiers He died.
According to United Nations estimates, at least 953 civilians were killed and about 1,557 injured in Ukraine since Russia started attack on its western neighbour. However, the United Nations warned that true The number of casualties is likely to be many higher Because she was unable to earn access to the regions of Hostilities escalate.
her war also Driven by 10 million people Others are homes, whether internally or as refugees who They fled abroad, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
