According to him, the losses

of the Russian army

in Ukraine are quite significant.

Political consultant, head of the Center for Military and Legal Research Oleksandr Musienko gives such figures in an interview with TSN.ua.

"The real losses are actually quite significant, they are actually devastating. You need to understand the situation over time, as it happened.

At the time of February 24

, during the aggressive full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops from several directions, their

contingent numbered

, according to various estimates,

from 160 up to 175,000 military personnel

. These remnants of them are still fighting in Ukraine. They already have understaffed units there, they are exhausted, but they are still here," he says.

According to the expert, these 175,000 soldiers were the most capable wing of the Russian army at that time.

"That

is, these were the most prepared units

, which consisted of contractors, appointees, mercenaries of the private military company "Wagner", those mercenaries who were really trained and had experience of participating in combat operations. This is a much more serious combat unit," says Musienko .

But, as the expert adds,

this group continues to suffer defeat in Ukraine

.

"In total, we can say that the

losses of the Russian troops killed and wounded, and those who left or went missing, may amount to more than 100 thousand personnel.

The next thing we saw was that, at the stage of the hostilities, the Russian troops

lacked the personnel

that which they started on February 24,

and

it was constantly replenished

. Such replenishment took place in May-June, when the Russians retreated from Kiev, Chernigov, such replenishment was literally recently - the 3rd Army Corps, which rolled over. There were also such replenishments sometimes through the mercenaries of the "League" or "Wagner" PMCs. And such reinforcements were due to the hidden mobilization in Russia, which nevertheless took place. This is the number of troops, a combat-ready group, and their fate."- says Musienko.

We will remind, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as of September 23, the total combat losses among enemy personnel

are about 56,060 people

.

The data is being verified.

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