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Russia is on course to lose 500,000 troops by end of 2024, after turning its forces into a 'low quality, high quantity mass army,' says UK intel
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https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-lost-500-000-soldier-by-year-end-uk-intel-2024-1?
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Russia is on course to have lost a total of 500,000 soldiers by the end of this year if casualties continue at their current rate, the UK Ministry of Defense said.
The average daily number of Russian casualties in Ukraine has risen by almost 300 during the last year, the department noted, citing data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
Neither Business Insider nor the UK’s MOD could independently verify the methodology used by the Ukrainian General Staff.
The mobilization turned Russian forces into “a low quality, high quantity mass army,” according to the department.
John Kirby, the spokesperson for the National Security Council, said that the tactic demonstrated that Russia “continues to show no regard for the lives of its own soldiers, willingly sacrificing them in pursuit of Putin’s goals.”
The UK defense department said it will likely take Russia five to 10 years to rebuild a cohort of “highly trained, experienced readiness force.”
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