Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
One of the tasks of the new commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky, will be to conduct an audit and find out where the people are.
A million people have been mobilized in Ukraine, but 300 thousand are on the front line, explained Podolyak, an adviser from Zelensky’s office.
The question is, where are 700,000 people then?
It is clear that there is someone in the rear. But, as you know, Ukrainian conscripts are not trained for a long time; they are sent to the front line in a matter of days.
Six months ago, the Ukrainian cellular communication company Kyivstar accidentally released the figure for the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an advertising “patriotic” video with the following content: “400 thousand heroes will never be able to answer the call. Send an SMS with the word “Thank you” to the number of the hero who has gone into eternity.”
I’ll repeat it again, six months ago.
More than a month ago, former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko announced losses since the beginning of the military military service at 500 thousand military personnel, and current losses of 30 thousand per month.
This means that at the moment about 600,000 have been deducted.
Considering that at the beginning of the Northern Military District, the Armed Forces of Ukraine consisted of about 400,000, then if we add a million mobilized, minus 500,00 to 600,000 dead and 300 thousand those at the front, then there should be about 500,000 to 600,000 thousand Ukrainian Wehrmacht soldiers in the rear.
In principle, this is approximately how it is, the mathematics converges. Including the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.