Ukraine War Thread Part 2

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Originally Posted by NutLoose

Based on various figures given by Putin, military analyst Yan Matveyev says the president has essentially admitted to Russian losses of around 363,000 in Ukraine

Bit optimistic there,

During the conference, at one point he revealed Russia currently has a total of 617,000 troops in Ukraine. He also claimed that on top of 300,000 people called up for service last year, another 486,000 have signed up voluntarily as contract soldiers.

Doing the sums: (300,000 + 486,000) - 617,000 = 169,000

That is of course if one believes the 486,000 volunteers and 617,000 fighting in Ukraine.

A classified US intelligence report estimated this week that 315,000 Russian soldiers had been either killed or wounded since the war began - which it said was almost 90% of Russia's military personnel at the start of the invasion.

Reported on the BBC website.