Russia has suffered over at least 100,000 victims, including at least 20,000 deaths, in the last Just five months, the White House claimed on Monday.
What became a fierce war of The attrition is fiercer battles It has been in Eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is struggling to surround city of Bakhmut in the face of Dogging Ukrainian defense.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US estimate stands on Newly declassified US intelligence. Not mentioned in detail how Intelligence community derive the number.
Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff of said the staff in November that Russia suffered well over 100,000 dead or wounded in the first eight months of the war. the new The numbers indicate that Russian losses have greatly accelerated in recent months.
Russian Wagner mercenaries group And other forces are fighting Ukrainian forces house-to-house to try to control of What became known as “The Way”. of life “- l last The remaining road is still west in Ukrainian hands, making it critical for New supplies and troops. Both sides pointed out the gains in the last days.
Kirby said roughly half of Those killed since December are Wagner’s troops, many of them of of them are convicts who were released from prison to join Russia fight. He said that Wagner forces were “thrown inside combat And without enough combat or combat an exercise, combat leadership, or any meaning of Organizational command and control.
The White House has repeatedly sought to highlight this cost – Both human and weapons – for Russia of Bakhmut, who argues is of limited strategic importance to the general course of the war. However, some analysts note that control of Bakhmut could prove useful to the Russian effort to advance into the major cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk region
Kirby said the number of Russian casualties for This small town of Bakhmut “was in Line with some of the heaviest periods of Fighting during World War II, including the battle of bloating last German major offensive campaign on Western Front and Guadalcanal campaignthe first Major allies offensive against Japan.
“It’s three times the number of killing in that us faced on Canal Valley campaign in World War II and that was it over the chapter of Five months,” Kirby said.
Colonel General Oleksandr Sersky, L.N head of The Ukrainian ground forces said that Russia continues to make “maximum Effort “to take Bakhmut but so far it was failed.
In some parts of the citythe enemy It was counterattacked by our units and left some situations “.
Kirby declined to say how Many Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded in Fighting. Millie said in By November, the Ukrainian losses were most likely also about 100,000.
Russia has suffered over at least 100,000 victims, including at least 20,000 deaths, in the last Just five months, the White House claimed on Monday.
What became a fierce war of The attrition is fiercer battles It has been in Eastern Donetsk region, where Russia is struggling to surround city of Bakhmut in the face of Dogging Ukrainian defense.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US estimate stands on Newly declassified US intelligence. Not mentioned in detail how Intelligence community derive the number.
Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Board of Joint Chiefs of Staff of said the staff in November that Russia suffered well over 100,000 dead or wounded in the first eight months of the war. the new The numbers indicate that Russian losses have greatly accelerated in recent months.
Russian Wagner mercenaries group And other forces are fighting Ukrainian forces house-to-house to try to control of What became known as “The Way”. of life “- l last The remaining road is still west in Ukrainian hands, making it critical for New supplies and troops. Both sides pointed out the gains in the last days.
Kirby said roughly half of Those killed since December are Wagner’s troops, many of them of of them are convicts who were released from prison to join Russia fight. He said that Wagner forces were “thrown inside combat And without enough combat or combat an exercise, combat leadership, or any meaning of Organizational command and control.
The White House has repeatedly sought to highlight this cost – Both human and weapons – for Russia of Bakhmut, who argues is of limited strategic importance to the general course of the war. However, some analysts note that control of Bakhmut could prove useful to the Russian effort to advance into the major cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in Donetsk region
Kirby said the number of Russian casualties for This small town of Bakhmut “was in Line with some of the heaviest periods of Fighting during World War II, including the battle of bloating last German major offensive campaign on Western Front and Guadalcanal campaignthe first Major allies offensive against Japan.
“It’s three times the number of killing in that us faced on Canal Valley campaign in World War II and that was it over the chapter of Five months,” Kirby said.
Colonel General Oleksandr Sersky, L.N head of The Ukrainian ground forces said that Russia continues to make “maximum Effort “to take Bakhmut but so far it was failed.
In some parts of the citythe enemy It was counterattacked by our units and left some situations “.
Kirby declined to say how Many Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded in Fighting. Millie said in By November, the Ukrainian losses were most likely also about 100,000.