“Russia loses about six times more soldiers on the battlefield than Ukraine, and the daily losses of the occupiers average 1,000-1,100 people.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi in an interview with “24 Kanal”
Details: The journalist asked Syrskyi about the real extent of the losses of the Russian army, in particular whether we can really talk about a sixfold difference in losses.
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Direct speech: “It’s true. It’s the difference in killed people. It’s the total figure for all armed forces.”
Details: According to him, the failure of plans for the formation of new units is evidence of the significant losses of the Russian army. So, in 2025, Russia planned to create 14 new divisions, but was able to form only seven, while the formation of seven more was postponed to 2026.
In addition, the two marine divisions of the Russian Federation actually consist of only one regiment.
“The reason is that they were forced to take the personnel of these divisions and complete them in combat units. This is a confirmation that they really have problems with recruiting people.” – explained Syrskyi.
He also emphasized that the introduction of the corps system in the Armed Forces increased the effectiveness of Ukrainian troops and, accordingly, increased enemy losses.
Syrsky noted that the latest figures indicate that the daily losses of the enemy are on average 1000-1100 people.
Direct speech: “We can state what the enemy himself declares: that he fulfilled the plan of manning his Armed Forces by 100%. According to the plan, it was the mobilization of 406,000 people. At the same time, we can also state that his losses amounted to 410,000, even a little more.
If in the first months of 2025 we observed a monthly increase in the grouping of Russian troops by approximately 7-9 thousand, then for the last six months the number of the grouping of Russians fluctuates at the level of 710-711 thousand. This shows that even the implementation of all their plans does not allow them to increase the number of troops.”
What preceded:
December 16 pResident Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that every month Russia loses about 30 thousand soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine.