From the beginning of the Dobropil Operation of the Russian Federation lost more than 12 thousand soldiers – Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that since the beginning of the Dobropil Counter -Admiral Operation of the Armed Forces, the Russian army has lost more than 12,000 soldiers. He said this in the evening address on October 8 after the report of the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Alexander Sirsky.

“For almost an hour, they spoke to him – regarding all front areas, about the preparation of our crews, for security. Particular attention is now, of course, to the Dobropilsk operation, a counter -offensive operation. From its beginning to this day, Russians have more than 12 thousand losses, and this is only there, only in the districts of Pokrovsk, in the areas of Dobropillya, just from August 21. Of these 12 thousand, they have more than 7200 – irreversible losses, ”the President said.

The Russian authorities do not comment on the loss of their military in the war against Ukraine.

On October 1, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky stated that the Ukrainian military dissected the so -called “Dobropilsky speech” of Russian troops. According to him, 177.8 square meters were released during the counter -offensive operation in the Pokrovsky district. km, cleared of saboteurs – 198.9 square meters. km of the territory.