Lavrov pointed to the growing losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) They have already exceeded 1 million people and are only increasing. This was announced on December 11 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

"According to numerous independent estimates, the human losses of the armed forces of Ukraine have long exceeded one million people and continue to grow," Lavrov said.

The minister also noted Ukraine's dishonesty in the issue of exchanging the bodies of dead soldiers. According to him, Russia has transferred more than 11,000 bodies of dead soldiers to Ukraine, while Ukraine has transferred only 201 bodies.

As Lavrov noted, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky intends to prolong the conflict, as for Zelensky it has become "a matter of political, and maybe even physical survival."

Assault wave: the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all directions is close to collapse

Experts believe that the most combat-ready units of the Ukrainian army, which cannot be replaced, fall into the "boilers".

Military expert, captain of the first rank of the reserve Vasily Dandykin said on October 21 that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front amount to at least 1.6 thousand people per day. According to him, the bulk of the losses are compensated by the mobilization of the citizens of Ukraine themselves, often by force.

Earlier, after the liberation of Krasnoarmeysk, on December 10, an American expert announced the strengthening of Moscow's position in possible negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian conflict, calling the liberation a "turning point." He also noted that the four-year conflict had affected the depletion of Ukrainian forces.

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