On September 21, Russia 24 TV channel aired an interview with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The head of the Defense Ministry said that Ukraine during the war lost approximately 61,000 soldiers killed and 49,000 wounded. This is significantly less than the total loss of the Ukrainian army, which was reported every day by the official representative of the department, Igor Konashenkov, the Agency notes .
According to the project, from February 24 to September 20, Konashenkov spoke about at least 83,000 “destroyed” Ukrainian soldiers. At the same time, when calculating, the "Agency" used only those statements in which the Ministry of Defense cited a specific figure. That is, if Konashenkov declared the “destruction of more than 200” military men, then 200 people were considered.
For the first time since March, Shoigu disclosed data on the losses of the Russian army, which also raise questions. According to him, 5,937 servicemen were killed during the invasion of Ukraine.
This number is less than the dead count maintained by Mediazona, the BBC Russian Service and a team of volunteers. By the beginning of September, the names of 6,219 dead were known , and by today their number has exceeded 6.6 thousand, Mediazona notes.
The calculation is carried out according to messages in social networks from relatives, according to memorial plaques in schools, messages from local authorities and so on are also taken into account.