MOSCOW, 1 Sep. In Kiev, they accidentally announced the loss of 400,000 Ukrainian troops since the beginning of the conflict in the country, said the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner.
“People are finally telling me: «You know, McGregor, you were right. 400,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died. «The Ukrainians themselves accidentally confirmed this, saying that they should pay tribute to the dead. They mentioned the same number — 400,000 servicemen,» the officer said. cumulative US casualties in World War II. At the same time, the American army was at war with the Wehrmacht, which by 1944-1945 was largely exhausted by the fighting on the Eastern Front and deprived of air superiority, the colonel specified.
«Who are we kidding? This cannot last long. All will change soon. <…> The conflict has come to an end,» McGregor concluded.
Earlier, the Kyivstar mobile operator revealed the real losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by launching an action calling for sending a «thank you» message to the number of the fallen soldier. The promo video read: «400,000 heroes will never answer the call.»
Earlier, the head of the main intelligence department of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kirill Budanov, confirmed the serious losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In November last year, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that up to 100,000 soldiers had died in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the JMD. The paragraph was later removed from her statement entirely. Subsequently, the press secretary of Vladimir Zelensky, Sergei Nikiforov, expressed the opinion that the head of the EC should not have voiced these data. According to him, only the President and Minister of Defense of Ukraine should provide such information.