The Financial Times announced the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the fatigue of soldiers

The military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) suffer heavy losses and are severely exhausted. This was stated in the British newspaper Financial Times referring to an unnamed Western defense adviser.

The publication drew attention to the fact that the Ukrainian security forces are facing numerous problems.

“They have high casualties, many of them are not trained enough, some units are clearly suffering from severe fatigue,” – said the source of the publication.

The military also needs more weapons, he said.

On November 30, the European Commission determined the approximate number of UAF fighters who have died since the start of a special military operation to protect the population of Donbass.

“Over 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers died”, – said the head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, in a video message. At the same time, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of Volodymyr Zelensky, claims that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since February amounted to 10,000 to 13,000 people. The European Commission refused to apologize for the disclosure of information about the dead Ukrainian soldiers.

Russian special operation to protect Donbass

The DPR and LPR announced the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass on February 17. Then they announced the evacuation of the population.

On February 21, the heads of the republics turned to Putin with a request to recognize their independence. The President held a meeting of the Security Council after which he recognized the LPR and the DPR. Friendship and cooperation agreements were signed with both republics, which were later ratified by the State Duma and the Federation Council.

Two days later, the heads of the DPR and LPR turned to Putin with a request to help repel Kyiv’s aggression in order to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and civilian casualties, the next day, February 24, the Russian leader addressed the nation and announced the start of a special operation in Ukraine to protect Donbass.

On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions signed agreements on the entry of these regions into the Russian Federation.