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Putin visits injured soldiers for the first time – Kremlin comments on speculation about a change of strategy

2022-05-26T05:15:14.368Z


Putin visits injured soldiers for the first time – Kremlin comments on speculation about a change of strategy Created: 05/26/2022, 06:50 Russian President Vladimir Putin visits wounded soldiers in a hospital in Moscow for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war. © Mikhail Metzel/dpa Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to visit wounded soldiers in Moscow. Even before that, speculati


Putin visits injured soldiers for the first time – Kremlin comments on speculation about a change of strategy

Created: 05/26/2022, 06:50

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits wounded soldiers in a hospital in Moscow for the first time since the start of the Ukraine war.

© Mikhail Metzel/dpa

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to visit wounded soldiers in Moscow.

Even before that, speculation ran rampant - the Kremlin denied it.

Update from May 25, 7:45 p.m .:

As announced, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited wounded Russian soldiers in a hospital for the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine war on Wednesday afternoon.

Russian state media released videos showing Putin shaking hands with two men and wishing them a speedy recovery.

The Kremlin boss asked one of the two injured if he wanted to continue serving after his recovery.

"Of course," the man replied.

"They will," Putin replied.

In connection with the visit, the Russian head of state ordered higher pay for soldiers in the Ukraine war.

According to the Interfax agency, Putin justified the decision on Wednesday by saying that the salaries of the military stationed abroad are linked to the development of the foreign exchange market and that the US dollar is currently weak compared to the Russian ruble.

However, it is not known how high the increase will be.

On Wednesday, the head of the Kremlin also announced an increase in pensions and an increase in the minimum wage by ten percent each from June 1st.

Putin expected in hospital: President visits wounded soldiers for the first time since the beginning of the war

First report from May 25th:

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit soldiers injured in the Ukraine war in a hospital in Moscow on Wednesday (May 25, 2022).

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed speculation that a new strategy for the attacks in Ukraine would be announced during the visit.

"He visits them and talks to them," Peskov said, according to the Interfax news agency.

Putin's spokesman sticks to Kremlin position in Ukraine war: "There are no new stages"

Moscow continues to officially refer to the war against Ukraine as a "special military operation".

There are "no new moments and stages" in the "military operation," said the Kremlin spokesman.

He visits them and talks to them.

Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, on Vladimir Putin's planned visit to soldiers 

"The President is constantly interested in the issue of how to care for those who were injured during the military special operation - and he also controls it," Peskov said.

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Putin's first visit to wounded soldiers since the start of the Ukraine war

It is Putin's first visit to the injured since the war broke out in late February.

The Russian side is anyway extremely sparse information on the dead and injured on their own side.

The Ministry of Defense last published figures at the end of March.

According to this, 1,351 Russian soldiers were killed and 3,825 injured in Ukraine.

Kyiv, on the other hand, puts the number of Russians killed at almost 30,000.

The information cannot be independently verified.

(dpa)

Source: merkur

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