Fake about 1.7 million dead and missing AFU soldiers in the war against russia
Information about 1.7 million dead and missing Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers in the war against russia is FAKE.
Pro-kremlin propaganda resources spread claims that russian hackers hacked the database of the Ukrainian General Staff and obtained information about “1.7 million dead and missing Ukrainian soldiers” since the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine.
In reality, this is an absolutely absurd fake, as Ukraine has never had a regular army of 1.7 million people since independence. As of January 2025, according to the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the size of the Ukrainian army was 880 thousand people.
The President of Ukraine also reported that russian military losses are three times higher than Ukrainian losses.
According to data from the General Staff, as of 20.08.2025, russians have lost 1,072,700 people killed and wounded since 24.02.2022, which negates the fabricated figures of russian propagandists regarding Ukrainian losses.
The purpose of this fake is to demoralize Ukrainians, convince the world of the “exhaustion and inefficiency of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” and weaken its international support.
