498 servicemen of the Russian Federation were killed in the performance of military duty
Moscow. 2nd of March. INTERFAX - During the operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, 2,870 Ukrainian soldiers and nationalists were killed, about 3,7 thousand people were wounded, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.
"Among the nationalists and servicemen of the security forces of Ukraine, the losses are: more than 2,870 killed and about 3,700 wounded," Konashenkov said at a briefing on Wednesday.
"Only according to confirmed data, the number of captured servicemen of the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine is 572 people," the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said.
He also said that "498 Russian servicemen were killed in the performance of military duty." "1,597 of our comrades were injured," Konashenkov said.
"The information spread by many Western and individual Russian media outlets about the alleged "incalculable" losses of the Russian group is purposeful misinformation," said a representative of the Russian Defense Ministry.