Pro-Kremlin Russian tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda claimed that around 10000 Russian troops were killed in the Ukraine war on Monday. After a while, the figure was removed.
Komsomolskaya Pravda is a world-renowned Russian tabloid founded on 13 March 1925 by a media partner. In 2006, the Russian tabloid became the best-selling newspaper. Also, it was the ninth-largest newspaper in Europe, having a circulation of 785,000 copies.
The Putin friendly tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that around 10k Russian troops were killed in the Ukraine war on Sunday, which was inaccurate figures as per the other journals. Before deleting the post, the tabloid later revealed a statement stating that the newspaper site got hacked, as per Business Insider.
Let us learn more about Komsomolskaya Pravda’s newspaper controversy below.
Who Is Komsomolskaya Pravda?
Komsomolskaya Pravda is a top-ranked Russian newspaper founded in 1925. The newspaper is managed and controlled by media partners, including ESN Group, an energy company headed by Grigory Berezkin with close ties to Gazprom.
The bio of the Russian newspaper is available at the given link. Also, It has been more than 90 years. In 1990, the tabloid reached its highest circulation when it sold almost 22 million daily copies.
The tabloid’s false information released on Sunday has created a fiasco on the web. People are baffled if the Russian troop death figures won’t match the past death numbers.
Komsomolskaya Pravda Claimed Nearly 10000 Russian Troops Were Killed In Ukraine War
Komsomolskaya mentioned the Russian Ministry of Defense as the source and stated that 9,861 Russian troops were killed and 16,153 got severely injured ever since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion in Ukraine in late February.
The post was removed from the site afterward, releasing a statement the site was hacked.
As per the source, the figures are far higher than what had been reported by the government of Russia. Previously, The Russian Ministry of Defense cited that 498 Russian troops were brutally killed, while a recent US intelligence estimated the Russian death toll in Ukraine at roughly 7,000.
In the last official post released by Russia on March 2, the death toll is 498 of soviet troops killed in action and 1,597 injured, as per the New York Post.