More Russian military troops died in combat in the first year of the war against Ukraine than in all of the country’s other wars since World II combined, a new survey is reporting.
Russian troops are being killed in what the Kremlin calls its “special military operation” at a monthly rate of at least 25 times the number killed in Chechnya and 35 times the number killed in Afghanistan, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
According to CSIS, Russia lost 14,000 to 16,000 troops in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989 and between 12,000 and 25,000 soldiers in Chechnya. The think tank estimates that 60,000 to 70,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine in just over a year. Kremlin forces have waged a bloody, monthslong offensive to take Bakhmut, a relatively obscure city of salt and gypsum mines in eastern Ukraine.
“Russia does not count people at all, sending them to constantly storm our positions. The intensity of the fighting is only increasing,” Mr. Zelenskyy said. “Many of Ukraine’s innovations have come from the bottom up, thanks to a military environment that encourages and enables junior officers to seek innovation,” according to the report.
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