"Up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers" are killed and "500 are wounded every day" in battles with the Russian army.
This was stated today by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.
The minister gave these figures as fighting continues to rage in the eastern Donbass region, particularly in the Severodonetsk and Lysychansk regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zhelensky had said on June 1 that the army was losing 60 to 100 soldiers a day.
According to a new intelligence report presenting the picture on the front line, cited by The Independent, Ukrainian forces are suffering massive losses as Russian forces are outnumbered 20 to one in artillery and 40 to one in ammunition.
Ukraine is finding it difficult to respond to Russian bombing
The report, compiled by Ukrainian and Western intelligence officials, also shows that the Ukrainians face great difficulties in responding to Russian bombing as their artillery is limited to a range of 25 kilometres, while Russian forces can deliver strikes from 12 times that distance.
The report, seen by the Independent, said the deteriorating situation in Donbass, with up to 100 soldiers being killed every day, has a "seriously discouraging impact on Ukrainian forces, with very real material consequences and cases of desertion increasing every week."
Source: iefimerida.gr
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