In the Russian Federation "huge" losses in Ukraine: it will leave the war weakened - General Bundeswehr
The comment of the German Army representative made against the backdrop of Kiev's attempts to enlist additional Western support for the defense forces, which opposed Russian aggression. Christian Freuding, which monitors military supply to Ukraine from Germany, in an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung recalled that, according to Western intelligence, 300,000 Russian soldiers were killed or so serious wounds that they could no longer be mobilized for war.
According to reconnaissance data from the United States, which was leaking this month, 315,000 Russian servicemen have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. "The losses of the Russians in living strength and technology are enormous. It is also believed that Russia has lost thousands of combat tanks and infantry cars," Freuding said, who also plays the role of Germanic Minister Boris Pistorius.
According to him, the Russian armed forces will come out of this war weakened both personnel and in the sense of armored vehicles. At the same time, the German general also pointed out that the military-political leadership manages to replenish the ranks of the Russian troops, "in particular, using prisoners of war.
" "And, of course, we see huge investments in the military industry," he said, adding that Russia shows much more "sustainability" than Western allies expected at the beginning of the war. "We may have not understood or wanted to understand that their allies could supply them," he said. Recall that on December 22 in the NSDC, new details of the destruction of the Su-34 were revealed.