Chmut commented on possible losses of the Armed Forces and explained where thousands of mobilized
In an interview with Sergei Pichev, published on the Pressing YouTube channel on September 2, the head of the Charitable Foundation "Come back alive", the sergeant of the Naval Infantry Reserve Taras Chmut confirmed that Russia is undergoing significantly more losses in the war against Ukraine. However, the Russian Federation retains an advantage in the army, because not all of the mobilized in Ukraine fall into the combat units.
The presenter voiced by the Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko data on the mobilization in Ukraine 30,000 people a month and the words of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky that Russia, meanwhile, mobilizes 40-50 thousand recruits. "Mathematics does not converge because we mobilize 30 thousand, but we do not say what happens next, how many of them fall into the combat units," Taras Chmut explained.
The chairman of the BF "Come back alive" noted that only the general figure is publicly voiced. "There is a hypothesis that from these 30 thousand in parts comes, for example, we will imagine one third. And where are 20 thousand? It is an open form of tuberculosis, and it is also unusable, " - said Chmut.
According to the volunteer, a small percentage is reached by the combat units from a large pool of mobilized in Ukraine, and among them there are limited suitable, which can be assigned only to the rear positions, already filled with people. "And you send it back, saying:" I cannot put it with a machine gunner, and I have no empty cell in the brigade limited to the brigade. " Chmut.
We will remind, military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko stated that August became for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the "lightest" month in terms of losses since April 2024. According to him, the occupiers lost 29-30 thousand people in a month. On August 1, US President Donald Trump voiced the probable loss of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces since the beginning of 2025.