Russia's Ukraine war losses: Putin 'surprised' by disappointing performance

Created: 04/12/2022 09:13

By: Vincent Bussow

Ukraine inflicts heavy casualties on Russia.

The director of US intelligence speaks of further challenges for Putin.

The news ticker.

• Serious setbacks:

  Ukraine reports daily losses of soldiers and military equipment on the part of Russia.

• Lack of ammunition:

  The director of the US secret service speaks of a "challenge" for Putin.

• Editor's note:

  Read the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict in our news ticker.

  The information on the Ukraine war processed here comes partly from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine.

  They can therefore not be independently checked in part.

Kyiv/Moscow Kyiv – The Russian military still cannot report any major territorial gains in the Ukraine war.

On the contrary: the loss of the strategically important port city of Cherson weighs heavily.

Every day, more and more soldiers are dying in the service of Russia.

According to the director of US intelligence, Russia is running out of ammunition in the Ukraine war.

(Archive image) © Lev Fedoseyev/imago

According to the latest figures published by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the Russian army has already lost more than 90,000 soldiers since the beginning of the war.

Accordingly, Russia is said to have lost hundreds of units and many war equipment such as tanks every day.

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Losses for Russia in the Ukraine war: Putin is "surprised"

There are also repeated reports about the lack of ammunition on the part of Russia.

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such a thing, citing the director of US intelligence, Avril Haines.

The government official said that Putin's troops are using up their ammunition faster than they can replace it.

This is becoming a "challenge" for Russia, Haines said.

The intelligence director went on to say that Vladimir Putin was "surprised" by his military's disappointing performance after invading Ukraine in February.

"I believe that he is becoming more informed about the challenges faced by the military in Russia.

But it doesn't look to us like he has a full picture of how big the challenges are at this stage," Haines said.

(vbu with agencies)