Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a videoconference held on Tuesday (6) that the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 8,300 soldiers in November.
Ten helicopters, five planes, 149 tanks and more than 300 armored fighting vehicles were also destroyed during fighting in the Lugansk and Donetsk directions and in southern Donetsk, according to the minister.
Shoigu said that “Russia’s Armed Forces conduct massive strikes with high-precision long-range weapons against the military control system, enterprises of the military-industrial complex, as well as related facilities, to crush Ukraine’s military potential.”
One of Russia’s most recent strategies for establishing an effective counter-offensive is to attack Russia’s electricity supply systems, leaving hundreds of thousands of civilians in darkness and without electricity during the region’s approaching winter.
Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s electricity operator, said in late December that it was running at a 30% deficit, up 3% from the day before, after implementing a series of “emergency shutdowns” across the country. in “various power plants”.
Official figures on civilian deaths were not released.
Total number of deaths since the beginning of the conflict
The Kiev government said last Thursday (1st) that the Ukrainian Army has recorded at least 13,000 casualties since the beginning of the country’s invasion by Russia, about nine months ago.
The first casualty estimate released by an official Ukrainian government source was in August – Volodymyr Zelensky’s aide, Mikhailo Podoliak, said in an interview that the number of dead soldiers was approximately 9,000.
Figures fluctuate according to sources, reaching 100,000 Russian soldiers killed by Ukraine, according to the US Armed Forces.
*With information from Natalia Zinetsda of Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil
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