Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR), said on December 15 that about 450,000 Russian troops were deployed in Ukraine, not the 61 claimed by Vladimir Putin70,000 people.
At the first major press conference since the start of the full-scale invasion, Putin flaunted Russia's alleged military successes and exaggerated the number of Russian troops stationed in Ukraine.
The only way to show the truth of Putin's numbers is to resurrect the fallen soldiers.
Putin's release of false data can be considered as part of his propaganda to flaunt his "military achievements";On the other hand, as part of the information war against Ukraine and to achieve the purpose of boosting morale at the front and at home. Because exaggerating the number of deployments will inevitably shrink the number.
The number of the second army in which Putin launched the special operation is 360,000 plus the 300,000 mobilized troops in the fall of 2022 plus the ** mobilized troops, and there are still 6170,000 people fighting in Ukraine are still self-justifying.
U.S. intelligence reports say that 87% of the Russian army's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, with 360,000 men, and by December 12, 2022, 87% had been killed or injured. Since the number of Russian officers and soldiers killed in Ukraine is 310,000, this figure should be confirmed by the data of the Ministry of Labor of Erross. Russia's Ministry of Labor has issued 230,000 certificates for the families of deceased servicemen, according to Russia's **Výorstka, which can be counted in the first few months of September.