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Vladimir Putin’s military continues to focus on quantity instead of class in the Ukraine war. To achieve Russia’s goals, tactics remain an effective means.
London – Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war continue to rise significantly. Apparently there is also a calculation behind this in order to achieve further success. Finally, Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin’s military appears to have become increasingly prepared for the high number of soldier casualties and serious losses in the form of war vehicles, tanks and drones on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The cruel losses for Russia are racing unchecked towards new milestones.
Heavy losses for Russia: Putin’s “meat wolf” tactics until the end of the Ukraine war
A change of tactics on Russia’s part is apparently not to be expected. In any case, the British military assume that Putin’s military leadership will continue to throw troops and military equipment to the front in future offensives with little regard for losses – and probably until the end of the Ukraine war. Thus will Putin’s army probably continues to reach dark milestones to control.
The term “meat grinder” describes the Russian tactic of sending waves of often poorly trained and poorly equipped soldiers to wear down Ukrainian forces and expose their positions to Russian artillery. Although Russia has made only gradual progress using this method, after the capture of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces gained momentum, albeit at a high cost.
New figures on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war: More than 1,000 soldiers lost for seven days in a row
According to the latest Ukrainian figures released on Saturday, Russian forces have suffered more than 1,000 casualties for the seventh day in a row. With 1,260 dead and wounded, the total number of war casualties rose to 473,400.
While the exact number of Russian casualties is difficult to determine, it is believed to be not far from the 465,000 estimated by the British Ministry of Defense (MOD) on Saturday (May 3). The ministry also ventured a forecast for May and June. It assumes that Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war will increase again – given the renewed offensive operations in eastern Ukraine that are expected. The ministry added that this follows a “slight decrease in the pace of operations” over the past two months.
Figures on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war: Putin’s military relies on “mass” and “extremely high costs”
“It is likely that, despite the extreme cost in human life, Russia has fully committed its military to a warfare of attrition that emphasizes quantity over quality,” the British officials said. “This reliance on mass will almost certainly continue for the duration of the Ukraine War and will have long-term implications for Russia’s future army.” This was recently reported by one ATACMS attack recently killed dozens of Russian soldiers have been.
Ukraine’s and Great Britain’s estimates of Russian casualties roughly match those provided by France, whose Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourne told the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta spoke of 500,000 victims, of which 150,000 were said to have been killed.
Official figures on Russia’s losses in the war in Ukraine were released in September 2022
Official figures on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war, however, are difficult to obtain. Putin’s army has not updated its casualty count since it said in September 2022 that nearly 6,000 soldiers had been killed.
Ukraine also has not updated its losses since President Volodymyr Zelensky said in February that 31,000 of his soldiers had been killed. However, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday (May 2) that Kiev’s troop losses had exceeded 111,000.
Putin is probably covering up Russia’s losses in the war of aggression against Ukraine
Meanwhile, the independent magazine Mediazona in cooperation with the Russian service of BBC News the Number of Russian soldiers killed in the Ukraine war compiled and relied on publicly available information such as obituaries and online reports.
Their latest figures revealed on April 26 that Putin is concealing the losses of at least 51,679 soldiers killed in order to deprive the survivors of the bonus. However, the research also emphasizes that the number of unreported soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine can probably be estimated even higher.
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