Russia’s armed forces are dying in the war in Ukraine at a faster rate than when the fighting began almost three years ago. Moreover, they are getting older and less educated, the BBC now reports. The Russian television station regularly evaluates official data on the fallen soldiers.
Accordingly, 1.6 times more soldiers are being killed today compared to the same period last year. If you compare it to the start of the war in 2022, there are now twice as many. The Russian branch of the British television channel attributes the increase to the intensity of Russian attacks – for example in the Donetsk region in the east – the “gradual confirmation of losses” and the consequences of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer.
Training “minimum”
Another reason could be the “minimal training” of Russian soldiers. According to the report, this takes approximately three to ten days. Volunteers would die or go missing after just 12 to 18 days. The period between the signing of the treaty and the reporting of missing persons or deaths became shorter compared to the start of the war.
“At least 56 percent of all deaths were people who had no ties to the Russian military at the start of the war,” the BBC reported. These include volunteers and prisoners. The average age of death in the armed forces was 21 years at the start of the war, but has now risen to 38 years.
More villages conquered
Although losses are increasing, the Russian army has no problems finding new volunteers. According to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, two more villages in eastern Ukraine have just been captured. These are the cities of Makarivka and Hryhorivka in the Donetsk region.
The Russian troops have been advancing slowly but steadily on the Eastern Front for a long time and the Ukrainian units are under pressure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said everything possible should be done to end the war diplomatically by 2025.
Source: Krone
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