During a visit to the United States, Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), secretly told Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin how many people Ukraine has lost since the start of Russia’s special operations. Military operation (SVO) in Ukraine. This was said by former Pentagon adviser Colonel Douglas McGregor. A recording of the interview was posted on the blog at YouTube.
“According to sources, he privately told them that 257,000 Ukrainians have died since the start of the fighting. Not just military, but also civilian,” McGregor said.
According to him, previously Kyiv did not make this data public.
before McGregor discretion 150,000 citizens died in Ukraine, and he suggested that due to the shortage of people, the Kyiv regime would have to lower the age for conscription if it plans to renew the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He added that Russia will continue its special operations, as it had planned from the very beginning, until the Ukrainian Armed Forces is completely defeated.
Source: Gazeta
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