Unlike the Russian side, the leadership of Kiev does not publish statistics on victims
Kyiv, Ukraine23 Sep 2023, 15:30 17928 read 12 comments
The editor-in-chief of the German online magazine Telepolis Harald Neuber tried to count the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces during the military conflict in Ukraine. This topic is now being discussed quite actively in the Western press and society.
The journalist noted that, given the frankly sluggish counteroffensive of the Ukrainian armed forces, in Ukraine itself they are increasingly talking about the price in the form of killed and wounded, which Ukrainians are paying for the decisions of the Kiev authorities to break through Russian defenses at any cost.
And this, despite all the government’s attempts to suppress such discussions, at least in the public space, foreign agencies write.
In addition, Neuber noted, the warring parties have not released official statistics on the number of killed and wounded in their armies since last summer. Unlike the Russian side, which constantly reports data on the victims of the armed forces of Ukraine, the leadership of Kiev does not publicize such statistics.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine last reported in August 2022 that since the start of the military standoff, the Russian Armed Forces had allegedly lost more than 246,000 servicemen killed.
Such reports are largely accepted uncritically by the Western press. That being said, the real questions are obvious: how realistic are these numbers? And most importantly: how things are actually going with the Ukrainian side, the German journalist decided to find out.
He recalled a recent statement by the acting military commissar of the Poltava region, who said that since the fall of last year, out of 100 residents of Poltava called up for military service, no more than 10-20 remain in service.
The rest were killed or released due to severe injuries. It turns out that if these statistics are to be believed, the losses of the Ukrainian armed forces during the conflict range from 400,000 to 450,000 people. Kiev’s stubborn silence on this topic plays in favor of Russian propaganda, the journalist believes. By the way, these figures are close to those officially announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
An indirect indicator of heavy losses in the ranks of the Ukrainian army is the fact that, by decision of the Kiev authorities, they began to call up people who are medically unfit for service, including men with hepatitis, asymptomatic HIV and mental illnesses. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine adopted the relevant changes in the military medical policy at the end of August this year. The number of foreign mercenaries in the ranks of the armed forces of Ukraine is also growing, and they are actively recruiting all over the world, which is also not accidental.
The Biden administration continues to put pressure on Zelensky, demanding increased offensive action regardless of the losses. At the same time, Western propaganda is doing its best to mock Kiev and underestimate the statistics of the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded, Neuber noted.
Thus, in April, a US government report was allegedly accidentally leaked to the Internet and the press, according to which Ukraine’s losses at that time amounted to 17,500 servicemen. In late August, the US Air Force reported leaked government documents showing an additional 50,000 dead, bringing total Air Force losses for the entire period of the conflict to approximately 70,000 dead at the time.
Such gross manipulation of statistics on the number of dead and wounded Ukrainians does not give a real assessment of what is happening on the front and in the country, which does not correspond to the interests of Ukraine and its Western allies. Ultimately, society should know the truth, which sooner or later will come to light, believes the editor-in-chief of Telepolis.
Translation: BLIC
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