The death toll during the war in Ukraine continues to rise. No later than Monday morning, Ukrainian authorities announced that six civilians have been confirmed dead after several explosions in Lviv on Monday morning.
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However, there is great uncertainty about how many Russian soldiers have lost their lives during the war. Russia’s latest official figures from March 25 say that 1351 Russian soldiers have died. Ukraine, for its part, claims that the real number is over 20,000.
NATO has estimated the loss of Russian troops at between 7,000 and 15,000.
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One of those who is said to have died is 19-year-old Igor Ivkin. He was sent to the Ukrainian border in December, as part of the massive escalation of forces to Russia. On March 8, he was found dead. This is what his wife, four years older Yulia Ivkina, has stated to the American war-throwing company Radio Free Europe.
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The case is also mentioned in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
– The last time he called, he talked about how scary it was and how scary it was when other soldiers died. I do not know exactly how many there were, but they were under fire all the time, says Ivkina.
Ivkin is also said to have expressed frustration over the situation and pointed out that the soldiers, according to the man, lacked discipline.
– He was upset. He said that everyone in the squad liked to drink, and that many of the “guys” used drugs, which were not difficult to obtain. The training before the invasion was then, and consisted mostly of digging ditches and building field toilets, the wife says. .
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According to Ivkina, stability and the economic aspect of the military were what tempted her husband.
– But he did not like it very much. Their equipment was old and damaged. No one prepared them for war, Ivkina claims.
But economic stability became important. Shortly before Russia invaded the neighboring country, Ivkina gave birth to the couple’s first child. On that occasion, the father of the child was given four days off to be with the family. Those days were to prove to be the only ones he had with his newborn daughter.
Several experts Dagbladet has spoken to after the war broke out have thought that the fighting morale of the Russian privates has probably been low.
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