Since the beginning of the invasion, the Russian Federation has lost from 150 to 190 thousand soldiers killed and wounded, the British Ministry of Defense suggests.
Russia’s losses in the war against Ukraine increased by 90% after the start of attacks by Russian invaders in the Avdeevka area. About this in reference to British intelligence reports British Ministry of Defense on X (formerly Twitter).
“Recent Russian attacks on Avdiivka have led to a 90% increase in Russian casualties recorded by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense,” the British department said in a statement.
Intelligence officials note that since February 2022, Russia has significantly increased the mobilization and recruitment of mercenaries. This is the main factor in the ability of the Russian Federation to support the war against Ukraine.
Intelligence believes that the Russian Federation has lost from 150 to 190 thousand soldiers killed and wounded since the beginning of the invasion, and the total number (including the wounded who returned to the battlefield) is from 240 to 290 thousand.
The intelligence added that these data do not include the wounded and dead mercenaries of the Wagner PMC.
As we already wrote, on October 19, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny visited Avdeevka in the Donetsk region and in the direction of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, where the Russian invaders is intensified and performs offensive operations. There he conducted staff work with commanders and brigade commanders.
Three assault battalions. Russian losses near Avdeevka
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