Heavy losses in the Ukraine war: 100,000 Russian soldiers dead?
Created: 12/22/2022, 10:07 am
By: Christian Stör
The Ukraine war is going downright devastating for the Russian armed forces, their losses are exorbitantly high.
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Editor's note:
Some of the information on the Ukraine war processed here comes from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine.
They can therefore not be independently checked in part.
Moscow/Kyiv – The Russian invaders have been deployed in Ukraine for more than 300 days.
President Vladimir Putin had originally assumed that the "military special operation" would be over quickly.
But that has long since been out of the question.
On the contrary: the Ukraine war is going downright devastating for the Russian armed forces, their losses are exorbitantly high.
Russian soldiers are being prepared for the war in Ukraine at a training ground.
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A look at the statistics shows how problematic the situation has become for Russia.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the number of Russian soldiers killed since the invasion began on February 24 has now passed the 100,000 mark.
This means that the Russian armed forces are suffering an average of about 10,000 soldiers killed each month - an unimaginable amount.
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In fact, the Ukraine conflict would be by far Russia's most costly war since World War II.
For comparison: According to official figures, 14,453 Soviet soldiers lost their lives in the ten-year war in Afghanistan.
It is not possible to independently verify whether the figures from the Ukraine war are correct.
Russia itself hardly ever releases data on casualties.
The last official figure is from September 21, when Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu put the losses in his own army at just under 6,000 military personnel.
"Russia's losses amount to 5937," Shoigu said on Russian television at the time.
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However, most experts assume that Russia will suffer significantly higher losses.
US General Mark Milley, for example, declared in November that far more than 100,000 soldiers had been killed or injured on the Russian side.
Since there are usually three to four wounded for every soldier killed, Russia may have lost around 20,000 to 25,000 soldiers so far.
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Although winter has almost brought fighting to a standstill on the southern and eastern fronts, Russian casualties are still very high.
The reason is the battle for Bakhmut, where Moscow is obviously determined to achieve a largely symbolic victory despite significant losses.
(cs with dpa/AFP)
