About 2,000 Russian servicemen killed in Ukraine – Security & Defense Council

Friday, September 5, 2014 - 14:34 (EEST) Section: Latest news

About 2,000 Russian troops have already been killed in the area of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Donbas.
National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing on Friday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported.
“According to latest intelligence data, total losses of the Russians during the conflict are about 2,000 persons killed,” Lysenko said.
He added that the number of those injured could be assessed by multiplying the death toll by four.
“Those wounded are undergoing treatment in military hospitals: the Kirov Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, Military Clinical Hospital of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, Military Garrison Hospital at Military Unit No. 52199 in Volgograd, District Military Clinical Hospital in Yeysk, as well as in the public medical institutions of the abovementioned settlements,” Lysenko said.