Russia pays “a huge price” in Ukraine – Le Figaro

The sending of reinforcements by the Russian army is an important signal, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The sending by the Russian army of reinforcements to the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where kyiv is conducting a counter-offensive shows Moscow is paying “a huge price” for its aggression, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, September 9 in Brussels. “The number of Russian soldiers in Ukraine is enormous and, unfortunately, President Putin has indicated that he would send even more people: this has a huge price for Russia, ”said Antony Blinken during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. SEE ALSO – Ukraine: the United Nations accuses Moscow to forcibly transfer children to RussiaAccording to images broadcast this Friday, September 9 by Russian news agencies, armored vehicles and guns were sent as reinforcements to the Kharkiv region, bordering Russia in the northeast of Ukraine. A senior Moscow occupation administration official in the region, Vitali Gantchev, told Russia’s Rossiia 24 TV channel that “fierce fighting” was underway around the town of Balaklia, that kyiv said to have reconquered. On Thursday, Antony Blinken had hailed from kyiv the “clear and real progress” of the Ukrainian army’s counter-offensive targeting territories controlled by Russian forces.