Belarus President: Putin regrets losses in Ukraine, but he feels he is right

Russian President Vladimir Putin regrets the losses in the special military operation in Ukraine, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said, BelTA reports.

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"There are different situations in this conflict: some go on attacks, others defend themselves. Both sides suffer heavy losses. Does Putin regret this or not? Of course he does, he is a living person," Lukashenko said. 

According to the Belarusian leader, Putin firmly believes that he is right. Putin offered the West a solution to the conflict in Ukraine, to which he received no response, Lukashenko noted.

In October, the Russian Armed Forces continued their offensive. The Russian Armed Forces are using an effective offensive strategy, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Security and Defence Studies, Jack Watling, wrote for Foreign Affairs on October 21. The Russian troops have thus been able to annihilate key fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Due to a lack of ammunition and armored vehicles, the Ukrainian army is forced to use infantry to hold the front, which increases the losses considerably.

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Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, making him the current longest-serving head of state in Europe. Before embarking on his political career, Lukashenko worked as the director of a state farm (sovkhoz) and served in both the Soviet Border Troops and the Soviet Army. In 1990, Lukashenko was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he assumed the position of head of the interim anti-corruption committee of the Supreme Council of Belarus. In 1994, he won the presidency in the country's inaugural presidential election after the adoption of a new constitution.