Vladimir Putin Claims that Ukraine Lost More Soldiers than Russia in the War

Vladimir Putin Claims that Ukraine Lost More Soldiers than Russia in the War

Vladimir Putin stated that Russia has losses of soldiers that are 10 times lower than those recorded by Ukraine at the moment, and this after the Russian army confirmed that almost 70.000 soldiers lost their lives in this war, the largest number since the Second World War.

Vladimir Putin also stated that he ordered the Minister of Defense of Russia to notify his counterparts in the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, regarding Ukraine's intentions to make a so-called "dirty bomb" and use it somewhere on the battle front with the Russian army in the future.

"Putin claims that Russia's war victims are 10 times less than Ukraine's. According to the General Staff of Ukraine, Russia has lost 69.220 servicemen in Ukraine since the start of the invasion, the highest Russian death toll since World War II.

On October 12, the independent Russian media project iStories reported that more than 90.000 Russian soldiers have been killed, seriously wounded or missing in Ukraine. iStories cited sources close to the Kremlin.

Putin admitted that he personally instructed Defense Minister Shoigu to call his counterparts in other countries and tell them about Ukraine's alleged preparation of a provocation using a "dirty bomb." Ukraine has previously denied this allegation."