Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 93458 on Ukraine: Armed Conflict, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Russian personnel in Ukraine (a) killed in action, (b) wounded and (c) deserted from their posts since 24 February 2022.

Ukraine has reported that over 100,000 Russian personnel have been killed. They also estimate over 300,000 Russian personnel have been wounded, and thousands more personnel have deserted. The destruction levels of Russia's military equipment continue to be high. We estimate that over 4,500 armoured vehicles, including main battle tanks, 70 fixed wing aircraft, 75 helicopters, 150 unmanned aerial vehicles, 12 naval vessels of all classes, and over 630 artillery systems of all types have been destroyed.