Citizens who thought Ukraine could defeat Russia have been disillusioned by the leaked documents.
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“I was very surprised by the numbers. When I read the numbers, I take a Ukrainian perspective, I try to take a Russian perspective and put myself in the middle. But even from a Russian perspective, the numbers are actually positive in favor of Russia,” said Simon Leduc, a former military intelligence officer. says
Far from positively affecting the morale of Russian troops keeping their own data on the ground, this leak of information could significantly harm Ukrainian allies.
“The Western narrative is that Ukraine is winning [a changé] Because the current rate of loss is not broadcast in the media”
The statistics that most surprised this former official were the losses of Russian vehicles.
“Take the number of destroyed vehicles, for example, I had the impression that the number should be in the thousands and the document talking about the hundreds would be fine. This is a big difference,” says this expert.
On the other hand, he warned that the document could be falsified, but if this is not the case, it is very worrying.
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