Chairperson of NGO Union of the Committees of Soldiers` Mothers of Russia Valentina Melnikova estimates that at least 1,500 Russian servicemen have been killed in Donbas, the east of Ukraine, since spring 2014, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine.
”There aren`t any exact numbers – we`ve got general estimates,” she told Channel 112.
Mass graves of unknown Russian soldiers
”Unlike previous wars and its participants we`ve dealt with, now people virtually do not apply – whether it concerns their wounded or killed. This war has turned to be very covert. We can only guess what is actually been happening on the basis of indirect data or those rare requests we receive,” Melnikova said.
At the same time, she added, ”there is a theoretical ratio between the losses of the belligerent states.”
”Therefore, our assessment, just the way we assessed those killed and wounded in action during the first and second wars in Chechnya – we estimates that the Russian losses – these are these so-called theoretical ”volunteers”, but in fact, they are servicemen, soldiers, officers of Russia – the death toll exceeds 1,500 men if we take the entire period of the war since the spring of 2014,” she said.
After the annexation of Ukrainian Crimea in March 2014, Russia started destabilizing Donbas, Ukraine`s east. Russia has been arming terrorists from the self-proclaimed Donbas republics and sending mercenaries and its regular troops there.
Fighting has been under way in some areas of Luhansk and Donetsk regions since the middle of April 2014.
See also: Over 2,600 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas war – Ukraine`s Defense Ministry
15 May 2017
Ha! More than 6400 mockal monkeys have been killed in Ukraine’s Donbac. Guaranteed.