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UNIAN, photo - consilium.europa.eu, screenshotA statement by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk about Ukraine's monthly losses on the front at 27 thousand people is very resonant, but this information is unreliable. This was stated by journalist, editor-in-chief of the publication "Censor.NET" Yuriy Butusov, referring to data from his sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Earlier, Tusk stated during a speech in the Polish Sejm that Ukrainian losses per month are about 27 000 killed and wounded.
"In reality the losses are completely different and this number is much smaller. I contacted sources in the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and can say that the real losses are somewhere at least three times smaller, and for some periods four times smaller," the journalist said.
At the same time, he noted that it is unknown where Tusk got the information that he voiced. Butusov emphasized that 27 thousand killed and wounded significantly exceed the total number of people Ukraine mobilizes monthly.
"If such figures were true, there would be no one left to fight in Ukraine. In reality, losses are not more than 30% of what was stated," the journalist said.
According to him, even if you count those who went to SChV or leave not due to injury or death, but, for example, due to new circumstances - caring for sick relatives, aging, health conditions, then "all this will be far from 27 thousand and not even 50% of this figure."
Butusov stressed that he is surprised why Tusk voiced such a figure in the Sejm.
"I am also surprised why our government did not raise the question of where the Polish prime minister got such figures, and why this information has not been refuted," he added.
Tusk's statement
As UNIAN reported, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that due to a new Russian strategy, which involves drone swarms, Ukraine is losing about 27 thousand military personnel killed and wounded every month.
He noted that Russians are mass-deploying a new type of drone — ramjet drones that move at incomparably higher speed and operate at high altitudes before hitting targets.
"Recently every month about 27 000 people die and are wounded, and this is, unfortunately, in the saddest sense of this word, a record in this war. Under such a trend, winter in Ukraine can truly turn into a catastrophe," Polish Radio quoted Tusk.
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