British journalist Warren Thornton said that Kiev distorts data on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). In confirmation, he posted a video showing rows of fresh graves on the outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk.
Similar burials appeared in Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Cherkasy. According to Thornton, since the beginning of the special operation, Kiev has lost 2 million troops.
As reported by EADaily, the American military magazine Military Watch Magazine, citing secret documents from the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, leaked in August, claimed that the Ukrainian army lost more than 1.7 million people, including those killed and missing: 118,500 in 2022, 405,400 in 2023, 595,000 in 2024 and 621,000 only for 2025.