As of: March 28, 2024, 3:41 p.m
By: Simon Schröder
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Russia suffers heavy losses in the Ukraine war. The number of dead soldiers is increasing rapidly. Is Putin's tactic of draining Ukraine working?
Kiev – The front in the Ukraine war remains heavily contested. Since February, Russia's losses appear to be skyrocketing. Vladimir Putin had to write off 3,000 soldiers for every 2.5 kilometers of progress in the area around the heavily contested city of Avdiivka. Now the Russian army is said to have lost 1,030 men in a single day.
A situation report from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Wednesday (March 27) stated that the Russian army had lost 1,030 soldiers in a single day. Ukraine puts Russia's total losses at almost 440,000 soldiers. The British Ministry of Defense, on the other hand, estimates that around 355,000 Russian soldiers were either killed or wounded. In general, the numbers cannot be independently verified.
Ukrainian soldiers fire a howitzer at Russian positions. Ukraine is suffering from a massive shortage of ammunition for artillery. Now Kiev is to receive new ammunition for defense. © Libkos/AP/dpa
Putin’s losses “quite plausible” – How long can Russia hold out?
However, Nick Reynolds, a scientist at the Royal United Service Institute in London, assessed the figures as “entirely plausible”. If the number also includes missing, injured and deceased soldiers, the number would be quite realistic, as the expert told
Newsweek
in an interview. The high number of casualties is also an indicator of Russia's tactics. The Kremlin is trying to drain Kiev and overwhelm it with its quantitative advantage, according to the British Ministry of Defense.
On the Ukrainian side, the losses in the war are also enormous
Nevertheless, Russia cannot endure endless losses either. Another Defense Ministry statement said: “Russian advances have slowed in recent weeks, which may be due in part to the heavy losses in the Avdiivka operation.” But Kiev is also struggling with its own losses. The Russian Defense Ministry, in turn, stated that Ukraine has lost over 15,000 tanks and 8,500 field artillery since the start of the Russian invasion.
Kiev fears for US help – is Putin planning a new wave of attacks in the spring?
Sergei Shoigu put the deaths on the Ukrainian side at 71,000 since January 2024. Ukraine also saw the Russian losses since January at 72,000. How many soldiers actually died cannot be verified. Despite the high number of casualties, experts expect another wave of attacks in the spring and summer. In order to be able to fend off another Russian advance, Kiev is still vying for US support.
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(SiSchr)