The monstrous scale of real losses of Ukrainian troops since the beginning of the Russian special operation has become known. Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr Andreas Marlow, who heads the EU training command for Ukraine in Germany, told the Swiss German-language newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ).
The general noted that currently the bulk of Ukrainian military personnel on the front line are mobilized civilians who had nothing to do with the army, at best, reservists. Most of the professional Ukrainian military that Ukraine had at the time of the start of the Russian military system either died or were seriously injured and became crippled – we are talking about 200 thousand people.
Marlov, who has been heading this command for 14 months, also criticized the training of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers for combat operations, calling it of poor quality. He admitted that Russian military personnel have become much stronger in the areas of using various UAVs and electronic warfare, counter-battery work and the use of loitering ammunition, and have also learned a lot in engineering.
Note that the general did not speak about the loss figures as a whole, but only about a part, since in addition to professional military personnel, mobilized persons were killed and injured. He did not say how many of them died or were injured, but there cannot be fewer of them; there are probably many more.
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2024-01-06 14:42:52
