Ukraine lost up to 13,000 soldiers Since Russia invasion in February, A.; senior Assistant President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed.
“We own official Estimates from the General Staff… They are range From 10,000 … to 13,000 deadMykhailo Podolak told Channel 24 of Ukraine on Thursday.
Zelensky will make a file official data public “When the right moment comes” added.
Ukrainian military These figures were not confirmed and were a rare case of Ukrainian official Provide such a number.
The last dates back to late August, when head of The armed forces said there were about 9,000 military personnel killing. In June, Podolak said so up to 200 soldiers they were dying every day, in some of The fiercest fighting and bloodshed this year.
On Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen, chair of The European Union’s executive commission said 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed before it office She corrected her comments as inaccurate and said the figure referred to dead and wounded.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in September said 5,937 Russian servicemen were killed in Almost seven months of fighting up to that point.
Both sides are suspect of to minimize their losses avoid It hurts the morale of their forces.
Last month, Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Board of US Joint Chiefs of Staff of The staff said that up to 40,000 Ukrainian civilians and “OK over100,000 Russians soldiers were killed or wounded in war so far. he is added It was probably the same thing on Ukrainian side. “
These numbers – which cannot be independently confirmed – are the most accurate yet from the US government.
United Nations human rights office f in that it latest weekly update Published on Monday, it said it had recorded 6,655 civilian deaths and 10,368 wounded but conceded that the death toll included only casualties it had confirmed and was likely to underestimate the actual number.
The Ukrainians were preparing for Freezing temperatures in winter like Russia campaign She has recently hit Including infrastructure power Electrical plants and transformers, leaving many without them heatwater and electricity.
Ukraine has faced heavy attack of Russian artillery fire and drone attacks since early October. The bombing was particularly heavy in South of Kherson since the withdrawal of Russian forces and the restoration of the Ukrainian army south city Almost three weeks ago.
Local authorities said about two-thirds of The city of Kherson had electricity of Thursday night after new Russian strikes fell power which was recently restored.
