Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment
Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN.
Still, despite heavy losses of men and equipment, Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to push forward as the war approaches its two-year anniversary early next year and US officials are warning that Ukraine remains deeply vulnerable. A highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive stagnated through the fall, and US officials believe that Kyiv is unlikely to make any major gains over the coming months.
The assessment, sent to Capitol Hill on Monday, comes as some Republicans have balked at the US providing additional funding for Ukraine and the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to try to get supplemental funding through Congress.
This cannot be true lol. If it is, russians must be feeling this a lot more at home and international news hasnt reported the shock yet
0.2% of population and they have had mobilizations since then so it’s not that big a deal
Like if 120 people died in a city of 60 000. Not really noticeable
Those 120 people have family and friends. A workplace or a school. So if 120 people die, nearly everyone in a city of 60000 would have known one of the dead.
It's not hard to do body counts. Satellites don't have to do much for getting counts of troops. And counting the dead isn't hard either at this point with constant drones and videos recording 24/7. I'm sure you aren't arguing the numbers just being surprised, and it's more shocking that russians haven't overthrown putin at this point.
They can't or won't leave. And even if they try, the die.