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To: Waverunner

“The U.S. estimates that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “around 75 percent of his total military committed to the fight in Ukraine,” the official said, clarifying later that the 75 percent figure mostly refers to “battalion tactical groups, which is the units that he has primarily relied upon.”

“At the height of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we were about 29 percent committed,” former U.S. Army Europe commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges noted Tuesday at the Center for European Policy Analysis think tank. “And it was difficult to sustain that.”

https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1011404/putin-has-committed-75-percent-of-russias-total-military-to-the-ukraine


65 posted on 05/26/2022 1:17:10 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas (The Only Good RuZZian is a Dead RuZZian)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Ukraine’s original and losses. ? I usual look for multiple sources when confirming numbers. It’s the engineer and historian in me.


120 posted on 05/27/2022 5:08:13 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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