Malyar noted that data on war losses was not disclosed so that “the enemy could not use the information for their own purposes.”

“The figures of the dead are a state secret during martial law. It is due to military expediency and the fact that the enemy should not know these numbers and use it for their own purposes,” Malyar said.

Malyar also urged Ukrainian citizens not to disseminate unverified data on the number of dead and other losses of the Ukrainian army.

“We appeal to citizens, public initiatives that try to publicly establish these figures, thinking that someone is hiding them, this is not true, do not work for the enemy and do not open these figures until the end of martial law,” she said. (ILKHA)