Professional militaries are not affected by temporary losses as the overall outcomes are much more important than such setbacks, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday, during an address at the Savitribai Phule Pune University.

The CDS also stated that Pakistan has been following an approach of bleeding India by thousand cuts, however, following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, New Delhi drew a completely new redline against cross-border terrorism by conducting the Operation Sindoor. He was making the reference to a speech by Pakistan General Asim Munir, just weeks before the terror attack, in which the latter was "spewing venom" against India and Hindus just weeks.

“What happened in Pahalgam was profound cruelty towards victims,” the CDS said.