US intelligence agencies estimate that more than 7,000 Russian soldiers have died in the three weeks of the war in Ukraine, a figure that exceeds the US servicemen who lost their lives in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to The New York Times.
The New York newspaper had access to data from US intelligence agencies, which consider the figure of 7,000 deaths among the ranks of the Russian Army to be conservative.
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The casualties will have negative implications for the effectiveness of Russian troops, including those fighting with tanks, US officials told The New York Times.
Pentagon officials told the newspaper that when 10% of a military unit’s members are killed or wounded, that unit is no longer capable of combat action.
Currently, more than 150,000 Russian military personnel are participating in the war in Ukraine and between 14,000 and 21,000 are wounded, which could mean that most combat units are at a minimum, The New York Times reports.
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In addition, the Russian Armed Forces have lost at least three generals on the battlefield, Russian, Ukrainian and NATO officials told the newspaper.
Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and began bombing major cities, including the capital, causing an unknown number of civilian deaths and more than three million refugees, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). . (I)
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