A new UK tally finds that Russia has suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, with an estimated 450,000 soldiers killed or wounded and 3,000 tanks destroyed. This marks a significant increase from previous estimates, with a daily average of 560 troops lost since the invasion began two years ago.
The figures, which do not include mercenary groups like Wagner, suggest a devastating blow to Putin’s forces, with tens of thousands of soldiers deserting and a surge in losses to 1,300 troops per day in the last two months.
British Armed Forces Minister Leo Doherty estimates that Moscow has lost almost 3,000 tanks, up from 2,000 a year ago, forcing Russia to turn to mothballed and rusting weapons from the Cold War.
The UK estimate aligns with Kyiv’s claims of 470,000 Russian troops lost since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. With a dead to wounded ratio of roughly one to four, it is suggested that at least 90,000 Russian soldiers have died.
The true extent of Russia’s losses is difficult to determine due to the secrecy surrounding death tolls, but the UK estimate and other investigations suggest a significantly higher figure.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Zelensky has stated that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died, but Western officials believe the true toll is much higher, with estimates ranging from 70,000 to 90,000.
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This does not sound like it can be possibly true. The entire Russian army is estimated to be 1.15 million people. According to this almost every other Russian soldier has been either killed or wounded in Ukraine. When you factor in that the Russian air force and navy combined equals 345,000 people and those types were largely unharmed in Ukraine it means that the overwhelming majority of Russian foot soldiers were either killed or wounded in Ukraine. Even though Russia is fighting plenty of other wars and has large amounts of them stationed elsewhere
BIden’s leadership is only perpetuating human suffering. He’s too addled to even conceive the consequences of his pathologic ignorance. Diaper diplomacy is a brazen lie, repeated by his State Department stools, whose intention is nothing but enabling more death.