more than 75,000 people on the Russian side were killed or wounded in the war of the Russian Federation with Ukraine. Such numbers were named in the administration of the US President, writes New York Times.
According to the newspaper, the Biden administration gives such a certificate to congressmen – one of them, who had recently visited Ukraine, said about this publication. According to this congressman, whose name is not indicated, the assessment of 75 thousand sounded in the certificate, which was prepared for him and colleagues by the State Department, the Ministry of Defense, the committee of the chiefs of staff and intelligence.
Previously, the CNN correspondent wrote on Twitter about the same on Twitter, such an assessment was contained in a secret certificate for the House of Representatives.
“All the time since the beginning of the war, Ukraine and Russia are hiding its losses, forcing each other and the whole world to guess about their size. Both parties are interested in underestimating losses of losses: Russia – to continue to tell the internal audience about successes, Ukraine – Ukraine – To support the morale, ”the American newspaper recalls.
If we take 1: 3 for the ratio of the dead and wounded, then the total assessment of 75 thousand gives 18-19 thousand killed.