During the month of hostilities, Kiev's losses amounted to about 30 thousand people, including more than 14 thousand - irretrievable
MOSCOW, March 25. /tass/. During the month of hostilities, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to about 30 thousand people, including more than 14 thousand - irretrievable. This was stated on Friday by the First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoy.
"During the month of hostilities, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to about 30 thousand people, including more than 14 thousand - irretrievable and about 16 thousand - sanitary," he said.
In addition, the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine in the Donbass lost about 16 thousand people, which is 26% of the total number of the group as of February 24, more than 7 thousand of them are irretrievable losses.
"At the beginning of the special military operation, the units of the People's militia of the LPR and the DPR were opposed by a group of 59,300 people, including the most combat-ready formations and military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and nationalist formations. As a result, the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine in the OOS zone lost about 16 thousand people, which is 26% of the total number of the group as of February 24. Of these, more than 7 thousand are irretrievable losses," Rudskoy said.
According to him, the replacement of losses is prevented by the isolation of the Ukrainian group of troops in the Donbas, taking control of the firing means of the junction railway stations and key road directions.
Destruction of weapons
The supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with missiles and other ammunition, fuel and food has been almost completely stopped as a result of strikes by Russian troops. "The supply of Ukrainian troops with missiles and ammunition, fuel and food has been almost completely stopped," Rudskoy said.
According to the Colonel-General, the destruction of field warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, as well as fuel and lubricants, which are located in the zone of operation of the joint forces, is being carried out. "As of today, 32 such facilities have been destroyed, which is 61% of their total number," he added.
In addition, the Ukrainian air force and air defense systems have practically ceased to exist, and the naval forces have completely ceased to exist.
"Currently, the Ukrainian air forces and the air defense system have been almost completely destroyed. The naval forces of the country have ceased to exist," Rudskoy said.
According to the Colonel-General, the demilitarization of Ukraine is achieved by applying high-precision strikes on military infrastructure facilities, locations of formations and military units, airfields, control points, arsenals and warehouses of weapons and military equipment, as well as by the actions of troops to defeat opposing enemy groups.
According to Rudsky, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have fulfilled the main tasks of the first stage of the operation in Ukraine, the combat potential of the Ukrainian troops has been significantly reduced.
"In general, the main tasks of the first stage of the operation have been completed. The combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been significantly reduced, which allows, I emphasize once again, to focus the main efforts on achieving the main goal - the liberation of Donbass," Rudskoy said.
