Russian forces have eliminated 21 “American mercenaries” in Ukraine in the last four weeks, according to the daily part released by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
“From July 8 to August 5 as a result of attack actions by the forces of Russia and the militias of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics the number of mercenaries in Ukraine decreased from 2,741 to 2,192,” military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
Konashenkov added that among the foreign fighters who were eliminated there are 21 Americans, 33 Romanians and 36 Canadians.
At the same time, the highest number of fatalities was recorded among the Polish mercenaries, who lost 99 combatants, according to Russia.
The Defense spokesman said that in the aforementioned period they reached Ukraine 175 personas to participate in combat actionsincluding 81 Georgians.
Last week, authorities in separatist Donetsk filed criminal cases once morest five other suspected mercenaries accused of terrorism and attempts to forcibly change the constitutional order of the Donetsk People’s Republic in court.
The defendants are citizens of Sweden, Croatia and the United Kingdom.
On June 9, the Donetsk justice sentenced two British fighters and a Moroccan, captured during the battle for Mariupol, to death.
Russian casualties according to the US
The Pentagon estimates that Russia It has suffered between 70,000 and 80,000 casualties, including dead and wounded, from the start of the invasion to Ukrainelast February 24.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Security Policy EUColin Kahl, said this Monday at a press conference that the number of casualties is “remarkable” given that Russia it has achieved “none” of the objectives it had at the beginning of the invasion.
Kahl did not want to specify the number of victims who have suffered the ukrainian forces from the start of the conflict.
The director of the CIA, William Burns, indicated at the end of July that the agency he directs estimates that some 15,000 russians have died and some 45,000 have been injured during the course of the conflict in Ukraine.
According to a count compiled by the independent Russian outlet Mediazona and BBC News RussiaAs of July 29, 5,185 Russians would have lost their lives during the conflict.
For his part, the president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenskiassured in June that the number of Russian soldiers killed in his country would reach 40,000 that month.
Like Russia, Ukraine also does not report its military deaths. In April, Moscow claimed that it had killed some 23,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
Regarding civilians, according to figures provided by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights as of August 1, at least 355 Ukrainians have lost their lives and 1,100 have been injured since the beginning of the war. (With information from EFE)
