The losses suffered by the Russian army in the war with Ukraine are enormous. The number of these losses—killed, wounded—is carefully hidden, and only through certain signs can the extent of Russian military deaths in the war in Ukraine be determined.
The fact that the losses are enormous due to the failed offensive in the Kharkiv direction is evidenced by the situation in the civilian hospitals of Belgorod.
Residents of Belgorod are being sent to district hospitals for treatment because Belgorod hospitals are overcrowded with wounded soldiers. These soldiers are mainly fighting in the Kharkiv region.
People who turn to Belgorod hospitals with serious illnesses are simply not admitted and are told to go to district hospitals for treatment. Doctors explain it simply—there are no places available because everything is filled with the wounded from the Kharkiv front. Even if you have a serious chronic illness, you still won’t be admitted to the hospital.
Civilians from frontline settlements who have sustained injuries, concussions, or traumas are also not allowed into Belgorod hospitals due to the lack of available spaces caused by the influx of wounded. Doctors are already whispering that soon there will be no place to distribute the wounded from the front for treatment.
Our sources in Belgorod say that the influx of wounded began around mid-May, a few days after the start of the offensive on Vovchansk. There are many wounded who were hit by artillery, rockets, and drones not on the territory of Ukraine, but in the Belgorod region.
The situation is so serious that there have long been no places in the wards. The wounded are lying in corridors, and all spaces that can be used as makeshift wards are occupied.
It is said that there are many wounded from the so-called “African Corps.” This corps includes not only people from African countries; the majority are ordinary Russians who were promised they would be sent to fulfill missions in Africa. Instead, they found themselves on the Kharkiv front.