By Natali Moss
According to the US Defense Ministry, the Russian army has lost 189 500–223,000 of their military, of which 35 500–43,000 killed and 154,000–180,000 wounded. The losses of the Armed Forces are estimated by the Pentagon of 124 500-131 000 people, of which 15 500-17 500 killed and 109 000-113 500 were injured. Journalists noted that these figures are about 10 times higher than those published by officials of Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
According to the media, the documents also state that the war in Ukraine will probably not end in 2023. In addition, according to the forecast of scouts of February 23, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will not be able to fully occupy the Donbas. "The persistent campaign of Russia for exhaustion in the Donbass probably went into a dead end, which prevented Moscow from seizing the whole region in 2023," the documents testify.
The publication also stated that the Russian Ministry of Defense did not respond to a request for comments on the documents mentioned. It should be reminded that on April 10, the expert of the Russian Council on International Affairs Alexei Naumov declared on the air of Russian television that Russian losses in the war exceeded Ukrainian. According to him, the data of the probable documents of the Pentagon "similar to the truth".
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