
The UK Minister for the Armed Forces, Leo Docherty, has stated that around 450,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or injured since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Leo Docherty told the UK Defense Journal that in addition to those killed, tens of thousands of people have deserted the Russian military since the start of the war in February 2022.
He said he did not know the number of personnel who were killed serving in Russian private military companies such as the Wagner Group.
Turning his attention to the weapons estimates, Docherty said that over 10,000 Russian armored vehicles, including nearly 3,000 main battle tanks, 109 fixed-wing aircraft, 136 helicopters, 346 unmanned aerial vehicles, 23 naval vessels of all classes and over 1.50 artillery systems, have been destroyed, abandoned or captured by Ukraine in more than two years.
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