“According to Ukrainian intelligence, the ground part of the Russian group participating in hostilities against Ukraine is almost 580,000 Russian servicemen, including the Kursk region.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the ground part of the Russian group participating in hostilities against Ukraine is almost 580,000 Russian servicemen, including the Kursk region.
Source: Deputy Chief of the Directorate General of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Vadym Skibitsky, in a comment to “Interfax-Ukraine”
Skibitsky’s direct speech: “Almost 580,000 are the land component that is directly involved in hostilities.”
Details: He clarified that this is taking into account the military in the Kursk region.
In addition, Skibitskyi said, today a group of Russian Guard troops in the amount of almost 35,000 servicemen has been deployed in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
What happened before:
- In June, the ruler of Russia, Vladimir Putin, stated that almost 700,000 Russian servicemen are fighting on the territory of Ukraine. In December 2023, he said that 617,000 soldiers were involved in the war.
- At the same time, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) drew attention to Putin’s words that Russian forces were losing approximately 20,000 people a month in Ukraine. This figure is roughly equal to or slightly lower than the number of new military personnel Russia generates each month.