The Spanish publication acknowledges the heavy losses of the Ukrainian army in the war.

The Spanish publication acknowledges the heavy losses of the Ukrainian army in the war.

The Spanish newspaper “El Pais” reported that Ukraine has lost tens of thousands of its troops since the Russian military operation in the country in February 2022, but Kyiv denies that it has a problem with the lack of soldiers.

According to this report, “Irina Vershchuk”, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, in an interview with this publication, while acknowledging the existence of tens of thousands of casualties in her country, denied the problem of lack of soldiers in the Ukrainian army.

According to “Sputnik” news agency, on Thursday, “Financial Times” magazine wrote in a report that despite the increase in the supply of weapons and ammunition from the West to this country, the armed forces of Ukraine have suffered heavy casualties on all fronts.

Financial Times pointed out that Ukraine has suffered heavy casualties in the battle for the city of Bakhmut, and some Ukrainian forces have considered it more reasonable to retreat from this city. A few days ago, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that in his opinion, Ukraine’s withdrawal from this city is not an “operational or strategic failure”.

Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, in late November, in a controversial speech that was later covered up by the commission under her command, admitted that since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war. In the written and video versions of his speech that were released, the part where he mentions the number of casualties in Ukraine was removed. “Dana Spinant”, the deputy spokesperson of the European Commission, later explained that this estimate was based on data from “external sources” and was associated with “inaccuracy”.

He also claimed that “both the wounded and the dead should be included in this estimate.”