Bloomberg: Russian losses in September exceeded 50 thousand; Russian expert says Ukraine lost about 10 thousand in a week
Place: UkraineRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Each side cites only the enemy's losses: the Russian expert gives Ukrainian ones, the NATO source mostly Russian ones. All figures are anonymous or come from interested parties and have not been independently verified.
What Russia reports
automatic summary TASS quotes military expert Andrei Marochko, citing Russian Defence Ministry data: over the past week Ukraine lost about 10 135 troops and mercenaries killed or wounded.
“about 10,135 Ukrainian militants and mercenaries were killed or wounded”
- Ukraine loses 10,000 troops, mercenaries in past week — military expert — TASS (tass.com), 12 October, 08:08
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Ukrainska Pravda relays Bloomberg: according to a NATO military official, Russia's losses in September exceeded 50 thousand people, 28 thousand of them killed, while Ukraine's forces lost about 5 thousand.
“у вересні втрати Росії у війні проти України сягнули понад 50 тисяч осіб, 28 тисяч з яких – загиблі”
- У НАТО кажуть, що вересневі втрати Росії у війні проти України перевищили 50 тисяч осіб – Bloomberg — Ukrainska Pravda, 12 October, 01:12
What independent sources report
automatic summary Kyiv Independent notes that the September figure is the highest of 2026 and close to the Ukrainian General Staff's estimate, and that it cannot verify the figure for Ukrainian losses.
“The Kyiv Independent cannot immediately verify the figure”
- Russia lost over 50,000 soldiers in September, Bloomberg reports — Kyiv Independent, 12 October, 04:11
Confirmation
Confirmation: the sides contradict each other
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