“Let’s pull out the old Magic 8-Ball and ask it.”
I don’t think Magic 8 Ball would tell us that Wagner PMC pretty much took 100,000 casualties from a cannon fodder force of 90,000 Uke ( based on analysis of Uke unit designators that simply disappeared from the battlefield) ….a Uke force that clearly lacked artillery missile or air support compared to Russia.
Simplicious is pretty respected.
He tallies lost Uke units here.
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-52023-bakhmut-falls-artemovsk
Even their tough guy AZOV unit on the flank deblocking ops ( which they called a counteroffensive) took a big hit. In One day they lost 1600 men by RU MoD reports. Even if we cut that number in half….!
Do some of these analysts seriously think Wagner had/ has hundreds of thousands of troops?