Ukraine envoy: Russia’s losses effectively leading to ‘demilitarization’ of country

By AP 30 March 2022, 5:10 am

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A villager walks next to a destroyed Russian tank near the front line in Brovary, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ukraine’s UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya tells the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the “demilitarization of Russia is well underway.”

Since the beginning of the invasion into Ukraine, Kyslytsya says the Russian occupiers have lost more than 17,000 military personnel, over 1,700 armored vehicles and almost 600 tanks.

He also says Russia has lost 300 artillery systems, 127 planes and 129 helicopters, almost 100 rocket launchers systems, 54 air defense systems and seven ships.

Kyslytsya says that is “an unprecedented blow to Moscow, where the numbers of Soviet losses in Afghanistan pale in comparison.”

Earlier Tuesday, Russia announced it will significantly scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, as the outlines of a possible deal to end the grinding war came into view at the latest round of talks.

Negotiations are expected to resume Wednesday, five weeks into what has devolved into a bloody war of attrition, with thousands dead and almost 4 million Ukrainians fleeing the country.