Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that during the repulse of offensive actions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 71 Russian servicemen were killed in the past three days. The Russian Ministry of Defense for the first time will publish losses in manpower since September 2022.
Shoigu also said that 210 soldiers were injured. At the same time, according to him, 15 Russian tanks, nine infantry fighting vehicles, two cars and nine guns were hit.
On September 21, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation said that 5,937 Russian servicemen had died since the beginning of the war. At that time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the number of Russian military dead was 55,110 people. As of June 6, 211,150 people are said to have been killed.
Earlier, the representative of the US National Security Council, John Kirby, called the total figure of 100,000 killed and wounded Russians since the beginning of the year, half of which falls on Bakhmut. The leaked secret Pentagon documents with dates for February and March 2023 spoke of 35.5-43.5 thousand dead Russian military. As of June 2, Mediazona, according to open sources, confirmed the death of 24,470 Russian servicemen.