War in Ukraine
Moscow reports heavy losses in Kiev
Figures about casualties in war should always be treated with extreme caution – now the Russian Ministry of Defense has published its count – which cannot be verified.
According to calculations by the Russian Defense Ministry and the state agency Tass, the Ukrainian armed forces have suffered over 900,000 dead and wounded since the start of the war exactly 1,000 days ago. This year alone, Kiev has lost more soldiers than in the first two years of the war, Tass and the ministry claimed. Kiev’s total losses so far have been put at a total of 906,500 dead and wounded.
As a rule, the number of victims in such conflicts cannot be independently verified. Neither Moscow nor Kyiv have yet released exact figures for their respective losses.
The New York Times recently reported, citing US military and intelligence sources, that 57,000 Ukrainian soldiers had already died. This corresponds to around half of the losses on the Russian side, it was said.
NATO recently estimated Russian losses at over 600,000 dead and wounded. Western intelligence services spoke of 200,000 dead and 400,000 wounded in the Russian ranks. A list of Russian losses published by the Ukrainian side since the start of the war speaks of over 722,000 Russians killed or wounded.
dpa
Source: Stern
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