“For every 10 days of the war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation loses as many fighters as for 10 years of the war in Afghanistan — Sybiga November 19, 05:38 Share: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga during a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council (Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiga stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia loses about 1.5 thousand soldiers killed in Ukraine every day”, — write on: ua.news
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiga during a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council (Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiga stated at a meeting of the UN Security Council that Russia loses about 1.5 thousand soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine every day. In ten days, these losses, according to him, are equal to those that the USSR suffered in ten years of war in Afghanistan.
This is reported by Ukrinform.
“These are the bloodiest occupied square meters in history, which also shows how low the price of human life is in Russia,” added the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Russia’s losses in the war against Ukraine — what is known
On October 14, The Wall Street Journal wrote that in September 2024, Russian troops experienced the deadliest month of the war against Ukraine. According to Western intelligence estimates, Russian losses amounted to 1,200 killed and wounded per day.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview with The Times of India, published on October 28, that Russia lost about 650,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the war in Ukraine.
According to the British Defense Minister John Gealy, the losses of the Russian Federation in October broke the record and amounted to approximately 1,354 people every day.
On November 15, the Russian Broadcasting Service reported that it had established the names of 78,329 Russians who died in the war, noting that the rate of growth had increased to a record.