UK Minister of Defence stated on August 24, 2022, that in total, Russia’s losses amount to more than 80,000 people, if combined injured, dead and deserters, during the six months of the war.
Source: UK Minister of Defence Ben Wallace
“We pretty much accept, well, we do accept, the sort of observations of Russian losses to be – if you combine deaths, injuries, desertions – over 80,000 of their armed forces. That’s 80,000 in six months compared to 15,000 they lost in a decade in Afghanistan.”
Wallace added that Russia’s progress in Ukraine today can be measured “not in kilometers, but meters per week.”
“I think we are in a position where Russia is in a very fragile position,” added the British Minister of Defence.
Earlier, US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Affairs Colin Kahl said on August 22, 2022, that Russia lost about 70,000-80,000 soldiers killed and maimed during the war against Ukraine.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the total losses of Russian troops in Ukraine as of August 25, are about 45,850 servicemen.
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