Ukraine Admits ‘Serious’ Losses Despite ‘Colossal’ Russia Casualties During War

Ukraine speaks openly of “serious” human losses for the invasion of Russian troops in his country. This was expressed by the adviser Oleksiy Arestovychwho, without going into details, has added that Russia also suffers “colossal” losses in this war.

From the Ukrainian general staff they assure that Russia is bombing positions along the battle line to prevent its troops from regrouping, while commenting that Russia has suffered fewer casualties after reducing the scale of its invasion, but the numbers were still “quite tall“.

The president of United States, Joe Bidenasked Congress to send up to 33,000 million dollars to help kyiv resist the attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Biden’s offer of help, which amounts to almost 10 times the aid that Washington has sent so far since the war began on February 24.

In recent hours, the body of a journalist from the RadioLiberty station has been found in the rubble in kyiv. The professional was killed in a Russian missile attack during a visit by the UN Secretary General.

Having failed in an assault on kyiv in northern Ukraine last month, Russia is now trying to capture the donbas area. Ukraine has acknowledged losing control of some towns and villages there since the assault began last week, but says Moscow’s gains have come at a huge cost to a Russian force already worn down by its earlier defeat near the capital.

By promising dozens of billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine, Biden has dramatically increased America’s involvement in the conflict. The United States and its allies are now sending heavy weapons, including artillerywith which Washington says it aims not only to repel Russia’s attack, but also to weaken its armed forces so that they do not threaten their neighbors again.

“We need this bill to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom,” Biden said. “The cost of this fight is not cheap, but giving in to aggression will be more expensive,” she added. Before this message, Zelensky thanked the support from the United States to Ukraine: “We defend common values: democracy and freedom. We appreciate the help. Today it is needed more than ever!”

While the proposed US aid amounts to more than 20% of Ukraine’s GDP in 2020the World Bank estimates that the war will reduce over 45% of Ukraine’s GDP this year and will affect growth in other parts of the world. Some of Russia’s neighbors say they fear Moscow might attack them next.