Zelensky’s adviser: The death toll on both sides is huge in the east of the country

As battles raged in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian president’s adviser Mikhail Podolak stressed that his country’s forces have no choice but to liberate all Ukrainian cities.
He also confirmed in an interview with Al-Arabiya / Al-Hadath today, Saturday, that the Russian forces were surprised by the capabilities of the Ukrainian forces and did not have enough information on the Ukrainian army.

The death toll is huge

However, he stressed that the losses are also great, saying: “We lose 100 to 150 Ukrainian soldiers every day in the battles in the east.” “The death toll on both sides is huge in the east of the country,” she added.

He also stressed the difficulty of fighting in the Donbass region, pointing out that the war there is a heavy artillery war.

The reason for the suspension of negotiations

As for the negotiations with Moscow, he stressed that the main reason for their suspension was Russia’s desire to take over large parts of Ukrainian territory, as he said.
He also stressed that it is not possible to stop the war through negotiations. He believed that “the reasons claimed by the Russian Federation for this war were lies”, saying, “This is a war of occupation and nothing else.”

Furthermore, he indicated that the Russian negotiators presented a surrender order to the Ukrainian side, as he claimed.

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stop the fire

Regarding the possibility of the two sides returning to the negotiating table, he said: “This issue requires that they stop shooting immediately and return to the borders before February 24”.

However, he added, “Negotiations with any Russian delegation will not be successful because the keys to matters and decisions are in the hands of one man, who is Vladimir Putin, so quest’last has to sit with Zelensky “.

There is currently no way to stop this war except by military means

He also considered that there is currently no way to stop this war except by military means.

Blame the slowness of the West

He concluded by expressing Kiev’s disappointment at the slow delivery of weapons from Western countries to the armed forces. He said: “Western leaders are not psychologically ready to take individual responsibility and hide behind collective responsibility, which opens the door to bureaucracy in the process of delivering military aid.”

Interestingly, Russian forces had taken control of most of the Donetsk region, which together with Luhansk makes up the eastern Donbass region, but fighting has intensified violently in Severodonetsk in recent weeks.

The Russian army is trying to seize the industrial city of Lugansk, considered important and strategic, as its fall opens the way for Russian control of the great Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces to the east.

Russia aims to control the entire Donbas basin, after being partially seized by pro-Moscow separatists in 2014, with the aim of opening a land corridor connecting the east with Crimea, which in the same year it annexed to the its territory.

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