President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 14 The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered «painful» losses over the past day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.
"The most brutal battles are in Severodonetsk and in all cities and communities nearby, as before. Unfortunately, there are losses, and they are painful,” Zelensky said.
He noted that the same thing is happening with Ukrainian troops in the Kharkiv region. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass.