Reuters: U.S. intelligence assesses Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 casualties -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A declassified U.S. intelligence report assessed that the Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 dead and injured troops, or nearly 90% of the personnel it had when the conflict began, a source familiar with the intelligence said on Tuesday.
The report also assessed that Moscow's losses in personnel and armored vehicles to Ukraine's military have set back Russia’s military modernization by 18 years, the source said.
The Russian embassy referred a request for comment to the Russian defense ministry in Moscow. The ministry did not respond to requests for comment.
Russian officials have said Western estimates of Russian death tolls in the war are vastly exaggerated and almost always underestimate Ukrainian losses, which Russian officials say are vast.
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WNU Editor: If this US intelligence report stating that Russia has lost almost 90% of the personnel it had when the war began was correct, the Russian Army would have collapsed this summer during Ukraine's counteroffensive and the war would have been over by now.
Update: This U.S. intelligence report is also making claims on recent Russian losses .... Russia has lost 13K soldiers since October, declassified US assessment reports (The Hill). More here .... 3,000 Russian Casualties For Every Square Mile Captured Near Avdiivka (Forbes).
U.S. Intelligence Says Russia Has Lost Almost 90% Of The Personnel It Had When The War Began
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