Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov said that since March the Ministry of Defense has not published data on the Russian military who died in the war in Ukraine, since the army «stopped losing people.» His quote leads RIA Novosti.
“The extreme figures released by the Ministry of Defense in March are 1,351 dead. Since then, the data has not been voiced by the Ministry of Defense and I will explain why. At present, of course, there are wounded, but there are no such number of dead. And this is the result of a change in the approach to the tactics of warfare,” explained Kartapolov. » alt=»1″ />Russia's losses in the war with Ukraine. Summary of Mediazona
In addition, according to him, during the first time of the invasion of the territory of Ukraine, the Russian military did not use weapons, but the tactics changed, “when they began to shoot, burn, capture, mock them.»
Kartapolov added: “Now it (operation — MZ) is carried out strictly according to military science, in accordance with all guidelines, combat manuals, instructions on the use of various branches of the armed forces and types of armed forces. And this tactic brings tangible results.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported losses twice, the last time on March 25: then the department reported that 1,351 people had died in a “special military operation”. According to the estimates of Mediazona, the Russian service of the BBC and a team of volunteers, at least 3,170 Russian soldiers had died in Ukraine by June 1. We also managed to find 2227 death reports that appeared after March 25, when the Ministry of Defense reported on the number of deaths. However, the date of death is not always reported, so it can be argued that at least 753 people have died since March 25 (in total, the date of death is known for 1687 people).