The Kremlin's incursion into Ukraine has become the most costly conflict for Russia since World War II, while the number of Ukrainian casualties may be as high as 100,000.
In November, Ukraine's armed forces claimed to have"liquidated" 17,060 Russian troops, as well as another 17,080 in December; an average of around 560 Russian service personnel per day throughout both months. Kyiv had claimed to have killed 12,740 Russian troops in October; 11,180 in September; 7,070 in August; 5,230 in July; and 5,100 in June.Ukraine's claimed figures broadly align with U.S. estimates.
is absolutely different in the West and in Russia," Petrov added."You would better compare it to the Second World War—to the Great Patriotic War—when Russia and Ukraine, and the Soviet Union in general, did lose a huge number of soldiers. Many observers claimed Moscow was hesitant to order its first wave of partial mobilization in 2022, fearing societal unrest and economic damage. Hundreds of thousands of people are believed to have fled Russia before mobilization began, low-level anti-government attacks increased, and Putin recorded a slight drop in public support. But the Kremlin faced little organized resistance to the order."So far, the government has enjoyed pretty [broad] support.
"I don't think there was the plan to announce a major mobilization, but the plan was to use this partial mobilization and continue if needed," Petrov said of a possible additional wave of conscription.
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