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Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment (www.cnn.com)

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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.

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[-] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

Due to putin's lack of qualms about sacrificing civilian men, these numbers may not be militarily very relevant if the professional army and cannon fodder are not segregated.

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[-] TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

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

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

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.

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[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

According to wikipedia they have ~1.2 million people in the military. that includes reserve, and paramilitary etc.

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 6 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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.

Russia has been able to keep its war effort going despite the heavy losses by relaxing recruitment standards and dipping into Soviet-era stockpiles of older equipment.

“Since launching its offensive in October, we assess that the Russian military has suffered more than 13,000 casualties along the Avdiivka-Novopavlivka axis and over 220 combat vehicle losses-the equivalent of 6 maneuver battalions in equipment alone,” NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson told CNN.

Russia has also leaned heavily on convicts marshaled to the fight by the Wagner Group and has increased the age limit for certain categories of citizens to remain in the reserve of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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