Facts? Proof that units needed to backfill 200,000 losses?
( nevermind…you cannot provide what doesn’t exist)
Given that the biggest lethality of this war is artillery and Russia has 9:1 tube advantage, excellent counterbattery tactics, and is firing tens of thousands of shells daily on ukes mostly holding defense …that makes Uke losses how much much greater than “ 200,000”?
I am actually embarrassed for the quality of “analysis’ put out by my country
Certainly. The VDV 76th Guards Air Assault Division - where is it? In particular the 237th Regiment.
In defense one has bunkers and trenches. On attack one must leave them.
Even in WWI the bulk of the casualties went to the attackers, even when the defenders were subject to prolonged bombardment.
Defensive casualties were disproportionately sustained during counterattacks.
Wait until you have the results of the postwar counts. It may take years though.
Like its missile attacks, Russian artillery isn’t what it used to be.
“US and Ukrainian officials have offered widely different estimates of Russian fire, with US officials saying the rate has dropped from 20,000 rounds per day to around 5,000 per day on average. Ukraine estimates that the rate has dropped from 60,000 to 20,000 per day.”
“According to Budanov, Russian forces now use about 19,000 to 20,000 artillery rounds per day, in contrast to the daily “quota” of 60,000 shells back in February 2022.”
Russia has claimed calling up 100,000 and then 300,000 men.
Is it your belief they did that because they lost only 20,000?