Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has obtained Russian documents on battlefield losses

Oleh Ivashchenko, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), has briefed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Russian losses based on classified Russian documents.

Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) after the briefing from Ivashchenko

Quote: "Our intelligence has obtained important documents regarding Russia's own assessment of its losses on the battlefield. In particular, a change has been recorded in the killed-to-wounded ratio among Russian forces: out of 100 percent of losses, 62 percent are killed and 38 percent wounded."

Details: Zelenskyy did not explain what lies behind the change in the ratio. He said Ukrainian intelligence suggests Russia's own classified official reports put its losses at 1,315,000 killed and seriously wounded.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine has reason to believe these figures are understated.

Background: On 10 March, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russian losses stand at 1,274,990 killed and wounded.

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