Russian forces spearheaded by Wagner mercenaries are suffering huge losses in the battle for Bakhmut.
's Russian service has confirmed more than 15,000 fatalities, although the project said at least twice as many had probably been killed.
A Ukrainian sniper is pictured outside of Bakhmut on March 5, 2023. The fierce fight for the city has added to high Russian troop losses that Ukraine said on March 7, 2023 had topped 1,000 over the previous 24 hours alone.The Center for Strategic and International Studies said last month there had been approximately 60,000 to 70,000 Russian combat fatalities between February 2022 and February 2023.
These included deaths of regular Russian soldiers as well as personnel of Russia's national guard Rosgvardiya, Federal Security Service and Federal Guard Service. Fighters from pro-Russian militias, such as the Donetsk People's Militia and Luhansk People's Militia, as well as contractors from private military companies such as theThe CSIS noted that the Russian rate of attrition is much higher in Ukraine than in any Soviet or Russian war since World War II.
The figures have not been independently verified but they come amid reports of very substantial Russian losses in both personnel and equipment, especially as the bitter battle for the Donetsk city of Bakhmut continues to rage.
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