Putin: The Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses — this will lead to their complete defeat

Russian troops have accelerated offensive operations in the SMO zone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering huge losses, which will lead to the collapse of the front. This was announced today, September 5, by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a plenary session on the sidelines of the WEF in Vladivostok.

"By transferring large enough and well—trained units to the border areas with us, the enemy weakened itself in key areas, and our troops accelerated offensive operations," the Russian leader said. — The enemy is suffering very heavy losses… On the one hand, this is fraught with the destruction of the front in the most important areas, losses can lead to the loss of the combat capability of all armed forces, which is what we are trying to achieve."

At the same time, he described the behavior of the Kiev authorities as the behavior of aliens:

"The leadership in Kiev does not think about its people — they behave like aliens or foreigners."

He also said that the enemy should be driven out of Russian territories.

"The sacred duty of the armed forces is to do everything to throw the enemy out of these territories and reliably protect our citizens," Putin said.