Ukraine Intelligence Operative Says Russia Lost Over 1.2 Million Troops Since 2022 Invasion

What was said

"The Russians have taken or lost, or casualties, dead or casualties, over 1.2 million men. And people say, oh, you can't believe the Ukrainian statistics. We count them. I've counted dead Russian in my sector. They don't take the bodies."

Malcolm Nance, who served as an intelligence operative with Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), claims Russia has suffered over 1.2 million casualties in the Ukraine war. He states these figures are based on direct battlefield counting and that Russia refuses to retrieve bodies to continue collecting paychecks for deceased soldiers. Nance describes Russia's February 2022 invasion force of 200,000 men and thousands of tanks as effectively destroyed, with almost every vehicle and soldier from the initial invasion now lost.