Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 22 June 2022
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US News and World Report: Russian Troops in Ukraine Face ‘Extraordinary’ Casualty Rates: U.K. Intelligence
As the war in Ukraine finishes its fourth month, Russian losses appear to be reaching unsustainable levels as Western officials fear a grinding, bloody war of attrition.
Casualties among Russian and pro-Russian forces are mounting at an unsustainable rate in Ukraine, British intelligence reports, raising more questions about the extent to which Moscow can maintain its current pace of operations amid limited progress on the battlefield.
Figures published last week by the Donetsk People’s Republic, part of the pro-Putin self-declared autonomous region in eastern Ukraine known as the Donbas, claimed that more than 2,100 of its forces had died since operations began and nearly 9,000 had been wounded.
The casualty rate equals roughly 55% of its total force, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense, “which highlights the extraordinary attrition rate Russian and pro-Russian forces are suffering in the Donbas.”
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WNU Editor: There are some problems in the UK intel assessment. For one. 2,100 soldiers killed and 9,000 wounded does not represent more than 55% of their forces. Days before the start of the war the DPR mobilized over 60,000 soldiers, supplementing the 20,000 to 30,000 that were already on the front lines.
As for Prime Minister Johnson's remarks that the Russian army is running out of troops and weapons. I have been hearing that line since the start of the war, and I have seen no signs (so far) that the Russian military is losing its 'forward momentum' in Ukraine.
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