Polish PM Warns of Rising Ukrainian Losses and Russian Drone Threats
Tusk said the figure came from Ukrainian partners and warned that winter could be the war’s hardest period as losses rise to record levels.
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed to the Sejm that Ukraine's monthly killed and wounded have reached 27,000, describing the figures as record levels and warning that autumn and winter would bring the war's most difficult phase.
- Both Russia and Ukraine keep casualty data secret to prevent enemies from estimating military strength and to protect public morale, creating a strategic information blackout across both sides.
- Michael Bohnert, a drone expert at the RAND think tank, reported that Ukrainian air defenses have improved significantly, with interception rates for Russian jet-powered drones rising to around 70 percent from 30 percent two months ago.
- The Russian army has stalled on the approaches to Mykolaivka, the primary objective of its offensive toward Sloviansk, with fighting now occurring outside the town rather than within it.
- An unofficial project currently tracks 212,974 total losses, including 103,418 killed and 97,938 missing, though official figures remain unavailable, illustrating the severe human cost of the conflict as Tusk predicted further deterioration.
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Polish PM warns of rising Ukrainian losses and Russian drone threats
On September 17, 2026, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addressed the Sejm, warning of escalating hybrid threats from Russia and a sharp increase in Ukrainian losses due to new Russian strike tactics. According to Tusk, Ukraine is reportedly losing 27,000 soldiers per month—a figure he called a “grim record.” His comments came a day after a Russian drone struck a train just two kilometers from the border. The full video and transcript of Tusk’s…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk presented in parliament an unusually specific figure about Ukrainian military losses, saying that the Ukrainians had told him that they had about 27,000 dead and wounded soldiers a month recently.
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Ukraine's losses have increased significantly recently, reaching nearly 30 people per month, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.The Polish Prime Minister, speaking to the Sejm, let it slip when revealing information about Ukrainian...
Ukraine's losses have recently increased significantly and amount to almost 30,000 people per month. This was stated by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Speaking to the deputies of the Sejm, the Polish Prime Minister let it slip, giving information about the losses of the Ukrainian army. According to him, the strategy
Ukraine losing 27,000 troops a month – Polish PM
Ukraine is now suffering an estimated 27,000 soldiers killed or wounded every month, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who described the figure as a grim wartime record. Tusk disclosed the estimate while addressing the Polish parliament on Thursday, offering an unusually specific public account of the scale of Ukrainian battlefield losses. Neither Kiev […]
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