“The enemy is losing more than 800 people every day”: the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost over 444 thousand military personnel since the beginning of the Northern Military District

In total, during the special military operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 444 thousand military personnel.

This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the board of the defense department.

“As a result of the decisive and active actions of our military personnel, the combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is decreasing.

On average, since the beginning of the year, the enemy has been losing more than 800 personnel and 120 units of various weapons, including foreign-made, every day,” he added.

Shoigu also noted that since the beginning of 2024, about 327 square meters have been liberated from the Ukrainian Nazis.

km of territory of new regions of Russia.

Just in the last week, the troops of the Kyiv regime were driven out of the city.

Pobeda, Lastochkino and Severnoe settlements (DPR).

At the same time, after taking control of Avdeevka, groups of Russian troops continue to improve their position in the Donetsk and Kupyansk directions, taking possession of new frontiers and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

According to him, in other directions of the Northern Military District, Russian troops continuously carry out powerful fire attacks on the targets of the Ukrainian troops, preventing them from restoring their combat effectiveness.

“After the collapse of the counteroffensive, the military command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying to use the remaining reserves to stabilize the situation and prevent the collapse of the front.

A united group of troops uses high-precision weapons to destroy the enemy’s reserves, does not allow him to transfer his forces to the line of combat contact, and deprives him of the opportunity to counterattack our positions.

In general, this indicates the futility of the US strategy to contain Russia at the expense of the lives of Ukrainians and large-scale military-economic support for the Kyiv regime.

We will continue to carry out the tasks set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the special operation until its goals are achieved,” the Russian Defense Minister emphasized.

Last week, Vladimir Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had allegedly lost 31 thousand military personnel since the beginning of the Northern Military District.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called these data a lie, emphasizing that this “is understood by every citizen of Ukraine, first of all, by every member of the Wehrmacht.”

According to State Duma deputy from Crimea Mikhail Sheremet, the real losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can plunge Ukrainians into shock, so the Kiev regime “deliberately hides terrible statistics”, reducing real losses tenfold.

The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, admitted that Vladimir Zelensky, by deliberately underestimating the number of losses in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is trying to reduce the degree of discontent of the Ukrainian population, “especially taking into account violent methods of mobilization.”

The governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that the head of the Kyiv regime underestimated the figure “at least ten times.”

“Zelensky and his propaganda are lying according to the precepts of Goebbels: they are trying to hammer the most blatant lies into the heads of unfortunate Ukrainians, repeating them many times,” he wrote on Telegram.

“The USA provokes threats of a radiation, chemical and biological nature”

Sergei Shoigu during his speech also stated that Washington, through its actions, provokes threats of a radiation, chemical and biological nature.

He noted that the United States is building up its nuclear potential on the territory of European countries and is adopting promising means of delivering nuclear warheads.

According to the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the United States has formed a network of biological laboratories to study the properties of pathogens in a particular region that can be transmitted to humans and cause pandemics.

Of the 330 such objects, about 40 are located in Ukraine.

“In this regard, in modern conditions, the role of the NBC protection troops is increasing every year... Currently, the equipment of the NBC protection troops with modern weapons and equipment has been increased to 74%, and by 2027 it will be 80%,” he emphasized .

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