Russia’s death toll in the war through 2023 has already exceeded 2,000, with no end in sight to the conflict, Ukrainian military officials have said.
According to estimates released by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Russia has lost an estimated 2,230 combined personnel in just three days of fighting, bringing the Russian death toll to an estimated 108,190 since the war began on February 24. of 2022.
Following a missile strike in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine on Monday that Ukrainian authorities estimated killed around 400 Russians, the Kremlin issued a statement saying the total was closer to 63, prompting the Ukrainian military to seek clarification of the number.
The independent Russian media outlet Mediazona had confirmed the names of just over 10,000 victims in mid-December, although US President Joe Biden’s top military officer, General Mark Milley, suggested that between the two parties they had passed the 100,000 mark. dead in November.
It should be recalled that kyiv forces fired on the city of Makiivka and other parts of the eastern Moscow-controlled region on New Year’s Eve, the Department of Strategic Communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (StratCom) reported on Telegram.
The Moscow-installed Donetsk administration said at least 25 rockets were fired into the region in the attack and Russia’s TASS news agency said at least 15 people were injured.
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