Russian losses in Donetsk region and Luhansk regions are 7 times higher than Ukrainian Armed Forces losses

Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of National Security and Defense Council, stated this in an interview with Channel 24.

"Before the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russians almost managed to convince the whole world that Ukraine would not stand. Now, Ukrainians have proven on the battlefield that they are capable of defending their independence and freedom," he said.

Danilov reminded that the Russian Federation seeks to seize Donetsk and Luhansk regions within their administrative boundaries. Currently, Russian occupying forces are trying to find weak points in the defense of Ukraine, but their losses significantly exceed Ukrainian Armed Forces losses. 

"Losses of the Russian enemy, concerning the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, are 7 times higher than the losses of our troops," secretary of NSDC stressed.

"How Russians will move forward will depend on many factors, but we can see that they are gradually getting exhausted," he summarized.

• On January 26, spokesman of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the eastern direction, Colonel Serhiy Cherevatyi, reported that during two months of fighting in the Bakhmut direction, the Russian army lost as many soldiers as in the two Chechen wars.