In an exclusive interview with Newsmax, Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, said that the Russian army has sustained “horrific” losses as it continues to battle Kyiv’s forces over Ukrainian territory.

“Well, look, last week our agents were able to retrieve a summary document dated the end of January 2025,” Budanov told Newsmax’s foreign correspondent Zach Anders on Monday. “Their Ministry of Defense started calculating their losses because they document their current casualties, but they document across different regions, different armies. There was confusion.”

“According to that document, starting from the 24th of February 2022, the number of the dead was above 300,000,” Budanov said. “Irreversible losses of Russian Federation are above 300,000. Horrific figures, but that’s the reality.”

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