Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has issued new estimates of Ukrainian military casualties
Ukrainian military losses since the beginning of the year have surpassed 111,000 troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday, as he shared Moscow’s latest estimates from the conflict.
Russian forces “continue to break up” Ukrainian defensive positions along the entire front line, preventing their attempts to stall advances, the senior official reported during a ministerial meeting. Moscow’s territorial gains this year have amounted to 547 sq km, he added.
Shoigu accused the US and its allies of pressuring Kiev into disregarding the cost of continued fighting. As a result, Ukraine suffered 1,000 casualties daily throughout April, the minister claimed.
Kiev has ramped up its mobilization effort due to high attrition, Shoigu added, claiming that Ukrainians unwilling to fight “are being forced to the front line.” The Russian defense chief accused the leadership in Kiev of sacrificing citizens for the sake of continued Western financial and military assistance.
In addition to inflicting significant casualties, Russian forces have also destroyed some 21,000 heavy weapons operated by Ukrainian forces, Shoigu stated.
In April, Shoigu estimated Ukrainian casualties since the hostilities with Russia started in February 2022 as approaching 500,000.
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