More than half of Russian soldiers seriously injured during the war with Ukraine suffered wounds that forced them to undergo amputation, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Alexey Vovchenko claimed in a conversation with Russian senators.
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Although Alexey Vovchencko, the Russian Federation’s Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection, did not give an exact number, he revealed that about 54 percent of injured Russian soldiers have had a limb amputated.
“This is an obvious problem, it is a big number,” Vovchenko said during a roundtable discussion with Russian senators.
When a Russian military force has to undergo an amputation, an upper limb amputation is necessary in 20 percent of the cases.
84 percent of the injured are prescribed technical rehabilitation and, according to Vovchenko, receive an average of three prostheses. “These are not only artificial limbs, but also various wheelchairs, special clothes and orthopedic shoes,” Vovchenko added.
Moscow has not publicly disclosed how many of its troops have been injured in the war with Ukraine. In August, according to The New York Times, U.S. officials gave an estimate that put Russian military casualties approaching 300,000, with as many as 120,000 dead and up to 180,000 wounded.
The nearly 20-month war has also meant significant troop losses for Ukraine. U.S. officials said in August that nearly 70,000 Ukrainian forces have been killed since the conflict began.
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