Ukrainian Military Suffered Over 31,000 Losses in May, Expert Claims
Quick Look
- Military expert Andrey Marochko stated that Ukrainian forces and mercenaries sustained over 31,000 casualties in May along the engagement line.
- He also detailed the destruction of numerous military assets, including tanks, MLRS, and UAVs.
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Why It Matters
Military expert Andrey Marochko provided an analysis of losses along the engagement line in May, citing data from the Russian Defense Ministry. The report details significant casualties and destruction of military equipment.
LUGANSK, June 2. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military lost over 31,000 soldiers and mercenaries along the engagement line in May, military expert Andrey Marochko said.
"The enemy’s sanitary and irrecoverable losses in manpower totaled 31,145 Ukrainian militants and mercenaries in May," the military expert said during a live broadcast on his VKontakte social network account, giving an analysis of the Russian Defense Ministry’s data.
In May, Russian troops destroyed two enemy tanks, over 10 various multiple launch rocket systems, two robotized multiple rocket launcher platforms, a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 262 field artillery guns, 195 electronic warfare and counterbattery radar stations, almost 13,500 various unmanned aerial vehicles, and also more than 2,600 various combat vehicles of the Ukrainian army, he specified.
In all, the Ukrainian army lost over 107,000 soldiers and mercenaries in battles on all the fronts over spring, Marochko stressed.
Open Questions
- What is the source of the 'mercenaries' figure?
- What is the independent verification of these loss figures?
- What is the context of the 'engagement line' mentioned?
- What are the specific fronts referred to when discussing spring losses?
