“Russian Mercenary Casualties in Ukraine: US Intelligence Estimates and Kremlin Denials”

2023-05-02 21:58:52

A White House spokesman said Monday that US intelligence estimates that 20,000 Russian fighters have been killed in Ukraine since December, and another 80,000 have been wounded in action. According to US intelligence, almost half of the victims belonged to the Wagner mercenary group and “the majority of them were Russian convicts who were thrown into battle at Bakhmout.”

The Kremlin called these claims regarding the number of casualties suffered by the Russian army unreliable, reports the Russian official agency Tass. “Washington has no possibility to give correct numbers, they don’t have such data, that’s how it should be treated“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted on Tuesday.

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