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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Ursula von der Leyen said that the loss of the UAF in killed since the beginning of the war is more than 100,000 people. A little later, the recording of the speech with this statement was deleted and published again, but without a fragment about the loss of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Apparently they realized that in this way von der Leyen actually accuses the Zelensky gang of brazen lies when it talks about losses of 10-15 thousand killed since the beginning of the war.
From my point of view, even 100,000+ is an underestimated figure.
According to my estimates, the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (killed, captured, missing, non-combat) range from 130,000 to 155,000 - 160,000 (AFU, NSU, SBU, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Border Guard Service, PMCs, NATO regulars mimicking the APU or PMCs).
The wounded, as I understand it, since the beginning of the war, are at 200,000 to 250,000.
Nevertheless, the European Commission actually independently set the lower limit for the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 100,000+ killed since the beginning of the JMD, not counting civilians.
It is worth noting that back in the first half of autumn, there were calculations about the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine up to 190,000 people.
I believe that we will find out the real numbers up to thousands after the war.
Ukrainian response, via korrespondent.net
Losses of Ukraine in the war. Von der Leyen scandal
How many lives of Ukrainian defenders did the war claim?
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced an unconfirmed figure of the losses of the Ukrainian army, which caused a stir in Ukraine and the world.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the loss of 100,000 troops by Ukraine. When, to put it mildly, a controversial assessment of 100,000 dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spread in Ukrainian and world news feeds, the press service of the European Commission corrected von der Leyen's speech. Both from the text and from the video of the speech of the European official, the proposal about the losses of Ukraine was withdrawn.
WHAT DID SHE SAY
On November 30, the video and text of a new speech by Ursula von der Leyen were published on the official pages of the European Commission. It was supposed to be an important step in support of Ukraine: the head of the European Commission proposed the creation of a special court to investigate Russian crimes. According to her, although the EU continues to support the efforts of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in this direction, the European Commission calls for the creation of a separate tribunal for Russia - a special a court supported by the UN “to investigate and prosecute” those crimes that the Russian Federation has committed in Ukraine.
Giving examples of such crimes, von der Leyen mentioned the tragedy of Bucha, and also - in the first version of the speech - outlined Ukraine's losses in the war as follows: “According to estimates, more than 20 thousand civilians and 100 thousand Ukrainian military." The head of the European Commission did not specify the source of such estimates. After the hype arose, this sentence was simply cut out of von der Leyen's speech.
Subsequently, Dana Spinant, head of political communications for the European Commission and deputy press secretary of this body, commented on such changes.
"A big thanks to those who pointed out the inaccuracy of the numbers in the previous version of this video,” she wrote of von der Leyen’s speech. - The estimate used from external sources should have been for casualties. casualitites], that is, both killed and wounded, and was intended to show the cruelty of Russia."
REACTION IN UKRAINE
President Volodymyr Zelensky will release official casualty figures "when the moment is right," his press office said, because it is sensitive information.
"We cannot confirm this figure. We emphasize that the losses of the Ukrainian army are official information and fall under the heading with a restriction on disclosure. At the same time, if the head of the European Commission makes it possible to bring the aggressor country to justice, we can only support actions that will contribute to legal punishment for those who committed the genocide of the Ukrainian people," said Bogdan Senik, head of the Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
NOT THE FIRST TIME
The words of the head of the European Commission may be related to the recent statement by General Mark Milley, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States.
On November 9, Milli reported that the losses of the Russian military in Ukraine exceeded 100,000 killed and wounded and noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered about the same losses. This figure has been circulating in the American media ever since.
In particular, a new New York Times report from Bakhmut on November 27 stated: "US Department of Defense officials estimate that Russia and Ukraine each lost about 100,000 wounded and killed during the war, although these numbers cannot be verified."
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov, commenting on Mark Milli's assessment, did not confirm this figure. "From the Russian side, we confirm this 100%. From our side, this is not entirely true," he said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the losses of the Russians exceed the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by 10 times.
ALONG WITH THE WOUNDED
"If the irretrievable losses of the dead were really 100,000 military in total, then the sanitary losses - that is, the wounded, should be at least three times greater, that is, more than 400,000. This is a staff strength of approximately 100 brigades. That is, much more than Ukraine deployed in combat strength at all. Therefore, such figures do not correspond at all to the real state" notes military observer Yuri Butusov.
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