The minister said this during a board meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“In total, during the special military operation, the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 444 thousand military personnel,” Shoigu stated.
As the newspaper previously wrote, German serviceman Ben, who is taking part in the fighting in Ukraine in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, expressed concern about the huge number of the Russian army and equipment.
The Financial Times, citing sources, reported that the desperate situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front is much worse than the Ukrainian leadership admits.