Russia has lost nearly a million soldiers in the war against Ukraine, according to Kyiv
by Sasha Faculina
& Euronus in Spanish
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propagandaRussia has lost nearly a million soldiers in its war against UkraineAs stated on Monday, the general pillars of the Ukrainian armed forces, after the Russian forces suffered 1000 again in the past 24 hours. Kyiv does not specify whether the numbers include dead or infected, as well as lost or captured.
The Ukrainian authorities have a daily monitoring of Russian forces and equipment since it launched Moscow on February 24, 2022. Ukraine and Russia do not publicly reveal their losses. In February, Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski said more than 46,000 Ukrainian soldiers They died in the battlefield since the beginning of 2022. He also said that nearly 380,000 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded and that “tens of thousands” remained “missing in fighting” or in Russian families.
The Russian Deputy Minister of Defense accidentally revealed that the ministry had received 48,000 relatives of family DNA tests One of the missing soldiers. Anna Tsifelviva talked about this on a round table in Douma, Russian on November 26, 2024, saying that family members had been collected and stored in a database.
With a loss of about a thousand soldiers per dayRussia has already tried to recruit foreigners to its army. Up to 12,000 North Korea soldiers have joined the Moscow forces since late 2024Pyongyang confirmed after several Western sources and KYIV initially this fact. In April, Kyiv also said that his forces had seized Chinese citizens They fought for Russia. According to the Ukrainian military intelligence, At least 160 They serve in the Russian armed forces. Beijing denied this official shipment of the forces, In claiming that these are individuals who presented volunteers.
A new Russian summer attack
Russia is now preparing for a new deepening that will start during the summer, as the Ukrainian army announced. The fighting is intensified along the Ukrainian front lineWhich extends more than 1000 km in multiple regions of the country. The Moscow forces were pressing hard En Torno and Pokrovsk y skeletal structureIn the eastern region of Donetsk.
The Institute of War Study (ISW), based in the United States, claimed that Moscow has been pressing for several months to seize the remaining parts of the Ukrainian region in Donetsk, its main goal since Russia has invaded Ukraine for the first time in 2014. Its geographical location may make it One of the most important logistics centers And very close to the introduction.
Kyiv announced that the Russian forces aim to reach the Dniproptrovsk region and enter it on May 9. The Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ihor Romanenko, announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to show his forces’ progress During the day of the victory day,, On the same day.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army warned that Russia could be new attacks against Kharkiv. Moscow gathered its forces near the border with the Ukrainian region in Kharkif. Andre Boomhaibus, Chief of the General Staff of the thirteenth of the Khartouia District of the Ukrainian National Guard, announced that Russia is trying The forces are close to the connection lineBut until now, it has failed to carry out the attacks.
Putin’s “buffer zone” strategy
It seems that Moscow’s summer attack plans to reflect Putin’s plans to create what he called a “security buffer zone” along the Ukrainian border. Last Thursday, he addressed the Russian government, saying: “The decision has been made to create a necessary necessary buffer zone. Our armed forces carry out this task.”
His remarks occurred after regional officials in the Russian region in Corsak urged the strengthening of border measures. Putin said that the region will extend along the Cursk, Baljuod and Burnsk regions, the border with the Ukrainian regions in Sumi, Karkiv and Chernehif.
The Russian Vice -President of the Council of Security, Dmitry medalHe called for Russian control over a buffer zone that covers almost all Ukraine, regardless of a relatively small area of Vollyn and LVIVs along the border with Poland.
The Russian president threatened that Moscow would take over all Ukraine as a buffer zone if the West continues to provide military support to Ukraine. When analyzing his comments, ISW calculated that the Russian forces will need about a century to seize the “buffer zone” suggested by Medifa to Current progress progressAt the expense of approximately 50 million victims with current loss indicators.
The Research Center added that their estimates assume that the Russian forces will be able to maintain their current rhythm for progress. ((Russian forces) did not prove the ability to carry out the type of operations Fast and multi -direction It is necessary to achieve these goals since the beginning of 2022 and it is unlikely to greatly improve its capabilities in the near future, “ISW said.
