Russia says it killed 21 US militants in Ukraine in a month

Russian troops have killed 21 “American mercenaries” in Ukraine over the past four weeks, according to a daily report from the Russian Defense Ministry. Russia.

“From July 8 to August 5, as a result of the strike actions of the troops Russia and militias of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the number of mercenaries in Ukraine has decreased from 2,741 to 2,192 people,” military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

Konashenkov added that among the foreign fighters killed were 21 Americans, 33 Romanians and 36 Canadians.

At the same time, the largest number of deaths was recorded among Polish mercenaries, who lost 99 combatants, according to Russia.

The representative of the defense reported that during the specified period they reached Ukraine 175 people to participate in hostilities, including 81 Georgians.

Last week, separatist Donetsk authorities opened criminal cases against five other suspected mercenaries accused of terrorism and attempting to forcibly change the constitutional order of the Donetsk People’s Republic in court.

The defendants are citizens of Sweden, Croatia and the UK.

On June 9, Donetsk justice sentenced to death two British militants and a Moroccan captured during the battles for Mariupol.

Losses of Russians according to the USA

The Pentagon estimates that Russia suffered between 70,000 and 80,000 casualties, including those killed and wounded, from the start of the invasion until Ukrainelast February 24th.

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy USAColin Kahl, said at a press conference this Monday that the number of victims is “remarkable” given that Russia he achieved “none” of the goals set for him at the start of the invasion.

Kahl did not want to indicate the number of victims affected by Ukrainian forces since the beginning of the conflict.

CIA director William Burns said in late July that the agency he runs estimated about 15,000 Russians died and about 45,000 were injured during the conflict in Ukraine.

According to an estimate compiled by the independent Russian publication Mediazona and BBC NewsRussiaAs of July 29, 5,185 Russians would have died during the conflict.

For his part, the President UkraineVladimir Zelensky assured in June that the death toll of Russian soldiers in his country would reach 40,000 this month.

Like Russia, Ukraine also does not report its military losses. In April, Moscow said it had killed about 23,000 Ukrainian soldiers.

As for civilians, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as of August 1, at least 355 Ukrainians have died and 1,100 have been injured since the start of the war. (As reported by EFE)