Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov refused to comment on the loss of Russian armed forces during the war in Ukraine.
According to TASS, in response to the request of the journalists to comment on the issues of losses that appeared on the day before in the publication of the “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, which seriously diverges with the official data of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the sands said: “No, I can’t comment in any way, you need to ask Komsomolskaya Pravda. “
Journalist of the newspaper Alexander Gamov volunteered to clarify the situation, saying that the site “Komsomolskaya” was hacked, “and for literally a few minutes was false, fake information, they know very many media.”
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation added that the Kremlin does not have relevant information on losses. “We do not have information and do not have the authority during the military operation to voice them. This is the prerogative of exclusively the Ministry of Defense,” said the sands.
On March 2, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 498 Russian servicemen were killed during the operation, another 1,597 military Russian Federation were injured.