Following six months of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the Pentagon estimates Russian military casualties at 70−80 thousand, both killed and wounded. In the second half of July 2022, the CIA estimated Russian losses at 15,000 killed and 45,000 wounded. At the time of writing, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the number of the enemy’s «eliminated personnel» exceeded 43,000. Even if this is the total number of losses without trying to distinguish between the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, National Guard troops, forcibly mobilised residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions as well as mercenaries, Russia is dealing with catastrophic losses.
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