
Former Ukrainian presidential press secretary Yulia Mendel said the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 100,000 soldiers killed and wounded in a counteroffensive near Krasny Liman, code-named “Vivaldi,” to capture an area of 176 km², comparable to the area of Washington.
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The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Krasny Liman is part of a broader Ukrainian military operation during the conflict with Russia.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost more than one hundred thousand soldiers in a counteroffensive near the Krasny Estuary, codenamed “Vivaldi”. This was reported by the former press secretary of the Ukrainian President Yulia Mendel in X.
“More than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed or wounded,” Mendel wrote.
Such losses, the press secretary claims, were required by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to capture an area of 176 square kilometers, which, according to her, is comparable to the area of the US capital, Washington.
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Official data on the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this offensive will be published
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