Russia's military casualties in Ukraine exceed 220,000 troops – Wallace

The New Voice of Ukraine
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Bodies of liquidated Russian soldiers are loaded into wagons, May 2022
Bodies of liquidated Russian soldiers are loaded into wagons, May 2022

Wallace shared this number of both killed and injured Russian troops at a briefing with his Swedish counterpart in London on March 29, Haynes reported.

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The Ukrainian army’s General Staff believes that number to be around 172,340 – including 610 in the last day, as well as thousands of units of military equipment lost.

In February, Western officials and the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimated Russia’s total losses to be between 200,000 and 250,000 troops.

Dan Rice, an American officer and CEO of the American University in Kyiv, who advises Ukrainian army commander-in-chief Valerii Zaluzhny, told NV that the Ukrainian army is killing around 25,000 Russian soldiers per month.

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He estimates that Russia will suffer around 75,000 casualties in Ukraine in March alone, with the majority being wounded.

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