The Ministry of Defence of Russia disclosed casualties only twice, on March 2 and March 25, and acknowledged 498 and 1,351 personnel killed, respectively. On September 21, following Putin’s announcement of the “partial mobilisation”, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that Russian army casualties stood at 5,937. This was an outright lie: our count, based onThe Ministry of Defence of Russia disclosed casualties only twice, on March 2 and March 25, and acknowledged 498 and 1,351 personnel killed, respectively. On September 21, following Putin’s announcement of the “partial mobilisation”, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that Russian army casualties stood at 5,937. This was an outright lie: our count, based on » The FINANCIAL Featured
A Ukrainian government advisor today claimed that Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has had a heart attack after being blamed by his ally Vladimir Putin for the failure of the invasion to meet its goals
Russia has lost more high-ranking officers during a single month of combat in Ukraine than the United States did during 20 years worth of fighting in Afghanistan.
Sergei Shoigu s public appearances have been significantly curtailed in the past week, while his younger daughter Ksenia, 31, was seen posing in Ukrainian colours of blue and yellow.