More than 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in September 2023.
Unresolvable Claimed by Ministry of Defence of Russia on 26 September 2023.
The statement
At a defence ministry meeting shown on video, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said more than 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in September.
- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2023-09-26) with nothing in the record to settle it. The record holds no independent count of Ukrainian military deaths in September 2023 against which Sergei Shoigu's figure could be checked. |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, claim cl-20261027-2586, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-2586/