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Russia's 'Low Quality' Troops See Spike in Losses: UK
Newsweek ^ | Dec. 30, 2023 | James Bickerton

Posted on 12/30/2023 3:33:32 PM PST by canuck_conservative

The analysis said that Russia is on track to suffer 500,000 killed and wounded by the beginning of 2025, a figure dwarfing Russian losses in any other conflict since World War II.

Russian troops have spent the past couple of months trying to seize the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, situated in Donetsk Oblast, though they have made only limited gains...

On Friday, the Russians launched one of the biggest aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities since the war began in February 2022, with at least 39 people killed by 120 missiles and 36 drones, according to Kyiv. On Saturday, 10 people were killed and 40 injured by missiles and drones in the Russian city of Belgorod, according to Russian authorities...

In its December 30 update, the U.K. Ministry of Defense said: "During the course of 2023, the average daily number of Russian casualties (killed and wounded) in Ukraine has risen by almost 300 per day compared to 2022.

"The increase in daily averages, as reported by the Ukrainian authorities, almost certainly reflects the degradation of Russia's forces and its transition to a lower quality, high quantity mass army since the 'partial mobilisation' of reservists in September 2022," the report added. "It will likely take Russia five to ten years to rebuild a cohort of highly trained and experienced military units." ...

However, the British update said that Russia is on track to suffer 500,000 casualties, adding: "If casualties continue at the current rate through the next year, by 2025 Russia will have sustained over half a million personnel killed and wounded over three years of war. This is compared to the Soviet Union's 70,000 casualties in the nine-year Soviet-Afghan War." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: 23rdmonth; baghdadbob; deepstatelies; globalistpropaganda; jamesbickerton; lowquality; meatwave; newsweak; propaganda; putinsblunder; ukraine; zeepers; zeeperslovevindman
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To: canuck_conservative
500,000 killed and wounded

I heard it was a million.

21 posted on 12/30/2023 4:28:04 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Ancesthntr

The World War I stories were lies spread by the British designed to elicit US sympathy.

Thanks to World War I the stage set for the real German atrocities of the Second World War.’

World War I a big mistake that led us to our present situation.


22 posted on 12/30/2023 4:29:35 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: ansel12

The “Rape Of Belgium” wow the British propaganda persists they say Wikipedia is linked to intelligence like the CIA.


23 posted on 12/30/2023 4:31:00 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: canuck_conservative

Or, the media that lies to you about everything else; is also lying about this too.


24 posted on 12/30/2023 4:32:19 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: canuck_conservative
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng

Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated 40,599 Russian casualties corroborated by publicly available data as of 29 December

Mediazona, in collaboration with BBC News Russian service and a team of volunteers, continues gathering information on the Russian military casualties in Ukraine. The figures we provide are sourced from publicly available information, including social media posts from family members, local media coverage, and official statements from local authorities.

25 posted on 12/30/2023 4:41:28 PM PST by Kazan
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To: Nextrush

Your post explains how you manage to think the things you do.


26 posted on 12/30/2023 4:41:51 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Kazan

Didn’t you know that the Russians just attacked civilian centers with flying shovels guided by chips from stolen washing machines?


27 posted on 12/30/2023 4:44:38 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: ansel12

My mind is flesh and blood AI I guess it moves as fast as Alex Jones but I like to think the copy I put out on the blog is generally more serious and thought out than what he speaks.

Why did Elon Musk bring Jones back who does Alex have ties to?

https://nextrushfree.blogspot.com


28 posted on 12/30/2023 5:08:54 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

That was a strange out of nowhere post.


29 posted on 12/30/2023 5:12:04 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

Do you still pretend to believe in “babies thrown out of incubators”, and “weapons of mass destruction” ?


30 posted on 12/30/2023 5:17:21 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: canuck_conservative; All

These “massive” Russian losses are not showing up as equipment losses.

Russian vehicle loss are about 2/3 of the same period last year.

https://ukr.warspotting.net/russia/


31 posted on 12/30/2023 5:18:52 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Reverend Wright

You continue with senseless postings.


32 posted on 12/30/2023 5:22:28 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Kazan
It's Ukraine using 70-somethings and women on their frontlines. While Russia has 500,000 sign up for the war in the past year

And yet, even with all that, Russia STILL can't win?!

Russia is pathetic


33 posted on 12/30/2023 5:56:26 PM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - still needed after 74 years!)
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To: canuck_conservative
Russia has already won. Not an inch of annexed territory will be part of Ukraine again.

You're too ignorant to realize Russia for months was playing defense and letting Ukraine fed its soldiers into its meat grinder.

The Russians have more than million troops its been holding back in the event either NATO gets involved or if it decides to go on an all-out offensive.

34 posted on 12/30/2023 6:16:19 PM PST by Kazan
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To: ansel12

There are plenty on social media tonight from what I see.


35 posted on 12/30/2023 6:19:15 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

That didn’t make any sense.


36 posted on 12/30/2023 6:29:43 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: canuck_conservative

Only in the propaganda outlets.


37 posted on 12/30/2023 6:32:24 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: ansel12

General Patton said:

“We are constantly advancing”

So am I Good Night.


38 posted on 12/30/2023 6:34:35 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: canuck_conservative
According to this story and my precise calculations, Putin's entire invading force has been killed ten times over.

Them dang Rooskies just don't know when to quit!

39 posted on 12/30/2023 7:42:59 PM PST by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: Kazan
"Not an inch of annexed territory will be part of Ukraine again."

Kherson is.


40 posted on 12/30/2023 8:26:48 PM PST by BeauBo
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