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Marco Rubio: “Russia is losing 7,000 soldiers a week.”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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BREAKING: Secretary Of State Marco Rubio Takes Question As He Departs G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting

Published | Video Starts at 00:43

So what we see now is they continue long range strikes into Ukraine, obviously to degrade their electrical grid and try to demoralize the country or what have you. And they've made some gains in Donetsk and they're Russia is losing 7,000 soldiers a week. 7,000 dead soldiers a week from Russia's side. So as of now, I mean, that's the assessment we have to make. They've made a demand that Ukraine can't agree to. (00:43–00:46)

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Asserts that Russia is losing 7,000 soldiers weekly in the conflict.

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