Hmmm.
Mediazona, working with BBC News Russian service and a team of volunteers has Russian casualties corroborated by publicly available data as of October 7 at 7184 which as of September 25 was 6756.................
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05/20/casualties_eng
Yeah, that looks like “cannon fodder” as compared to the list provided indicating actual numbers of “cannon fodder” being in the hundreds of thousands as Russian to Ukraine kill ratios are 5:1 to 10:1 and higher.
“Ukraine war veterans on how Kiev plundered US aid, wasted soldiers, endangered civilians, and lost the war”
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/08/18/ukraine-veterans-us-aid-soldiers-war/
“A Ukrainian’s Letter from the Front
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94RYVNg9bfA
‘Ukrainian General estimates Kiev’s losses at hundreds of thousands since Feb’
https://tass.com/politics/1501881
‘Wounded Ukrainian soldiers reveal steep toll of Kherson offensive’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/
‘In Ukraine’s South, Fierce Fighting and Deadly Costs’
https://archive.ph/MtHyd#selection-383.0-383.52
“Kharkov Offensive: “You Can Always Regain Territory—You Cannot Regain Human Lives.” - Jacques Baud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6GFaOQOpEs
“The Limits of Ukraine’s Offensive and the High Price to Pay When it Ends”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pONjlORXdFQ
I have not seen any evidence of that high of a Russian to Ukrainian kill ratio.
It is possible, but seems unlikely.
The USA routinely promoted high "kill ratios" in Vietnam, which turned out to be inaccurate.
The Ukrainians are appearing to be much closer in capabilities to the Russians than the Vietnamese were to the Americans.
I would not be surprised if the Russian to Ukraininan Kill ratio was 2 or 3:1, because the Russians are, essentially surrounded by targets, but most of those are non-combatants.