Russian President Putin Addresses SMO in Ukraine in Unusual Talk with War Correspondents

A meeting was held in the Kremlin between Vladimir Putin and Russian military correspondents, including Russian military commander Maxim Dolgov. “The enemy did not succeed in any of the sectors,” Putin said of the Ukrainian offensive that has been rolling out over recent days, instead suffering huge losses compared with relatively few for Russia. In terms of tanks, for example, he said that Ukraine had lost 160 compared with 54 for Russia, adding that some of the latter could be repaired. His claims could not be independently confirmed. Ukraine on day ten of counteroffensive, seeing no success: Putin said the…