Foreign media reports say that at least 7,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the invasion of Ukraine.
The New York Times on the 16th (local time) made this statement, citing numbers estimated by US intelligence agencies.
The New York Times reported that in less than three weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 7,000 Russian soldiers were killed, more than the number of Americans killed in two decades in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The US intelligence agency came up with an estimate of the death toll in the Russian military by analyzing the announcements made by Ukraine (135,000 people), Russian announcements (498 people), satellite images, videos, and news reports.
He also said that since we know how many people are in a Russian tank, we can estimate the number of deaths to some extent by watching videos of Russian tanks burning by anti-tank missiles.
A U.S. Department of Defense official analyzed that if the casualty rate reached 10%, it would be impossible to perform a combat mission, but the Russian military appears to have reached this level.
It is known that the number of Russian troops involved in the invasion of Ukraine is about 150,000, of which 14,000-21,000 are estimated to be between 14,000 and 21,000, including those killed and wounded. This would result in 10% of the casualties. Even at the general level, there were several casualties.
This situation seems to be the reason that the Russian army’s entry into Kiiwu has stalled, and there is also an analysis that the morale of the Russian army has dropped significantly.