The combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been undermined, the enemy's losses for the entire time of the special operation amounted to over 1 million servicemen. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at an expanded meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense, which is attended by President Vladimir Putin.
"The enemy's combat potential has been undermined. This year alone, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine exceeded 560 thousand servicemen killed and wounded. And in total, as [Russian President] Vladimir Vladimirovich [Putin] noted, they amounted to almost one million people for the entire SMO time. Only in the Kursk adventure, the Kiev regime lost more than 40 thousand troops," he stated.