Russia has sustained over 600,000 casualties since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Defense News reported on Oct. 9, citing senior Pentagon officials.
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The accelerating losses are disproportionate with Moscow’s territorial gains, a senior U.S. defense official said on Oct. 9.
“Russian losses, again both killed and wounded in action, in just the first year of the war exceeded the total of all Soviet losses in any conflict since World War II combined,” the official said.
The mounting casualties at the front may hinder the Russian military’s recruitment efforts, the official said, putting pressure on the Kremlin to initiate a new wave of mobilization.
the russians are probably doing this thinking of the time after the war. better start asap while they send so many to their death.