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Ukraine’s FM Sybiha: “Putin Doesn’t Care About Russian Soldiers or Their Lost Limbs”

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Ukraine’s FM Sybiha: “Putin Doesn’t Care About Russian Soldiers or Their Lost Limbs”
Andrii Sybiha, Foreign Minister of Ukraine, speaks at a press conference during the Weimar Plus meeting, 12 June 2025. (Source: Getty Images)

On June20, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha responded to recent comments made by Russian leader Vladimir Putin, calling them dismissive of international peace efforts and revealing a troubling disregard for Russian soldiers.

“Putin’s cynical statements demonstrate complete disdain for US. peace efforts,” Sybiha said. “While the United States and the rest of the world have called for an immediate end to the killing, Russia’s top war criminal discusses plans to seize more Ukrainian territory and kill more Ukrainians.”

One remark from Putin drew particular attention. “Of all Putin’s deranged statements today, one about the Russian soldier’s foot stands out,” Sybiha noted. “In reality, wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, he brings along only death, destruction, and devastation.”

Sybiha accused the Kremlin of treating its own soldiers as disposable: “Putin does not care about Russian soldiers or their feet torn apart by Ukrainian drones. He is a mass murderer of his own people. He has already disposed of one million Russian soldiers in a senseless bloodbath in Ukraine without achieving a single strategic goal. One million soldiers. Two million feet.”

Sybiha also criticized the domestic consequences of the war for Russia: “While Putin is busy sending Russian feet to invade other countries, he is bringing Russians inside the country to their knees economically.”

According to the minister, such rhetoric serves only to distract the public from deeper issues.

“His cynical statements serve only one purpose: to divert public attention away from the complete failure of his quarter-century rule,” he said. “It has brought Russia into the shameful club of rogue regimes like North Korea and Iran, international isolation, and economic stagnation.”

Sybiha concluded with a call for a stronger global response.

“The only way to force Russia into peace is to deprive it of its sense of impunity. Increase support for Ukraine’s defense and hit the Russian economy hard with devastating sanctions. Designate Russia as a terrorist state. Isolate it fully. Bring Moscow back to its senses.”

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, declared that “all of Ukraine is ours,” dismissing any plans for capitulation while leaving open the possibility of a future assault on the Sumy region.

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