Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment | CNN Politics
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Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN.

Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN.

Still, despite heavy losses of men and equipment, Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to push forward as the war approaches its two-year anniversary early next year and US officials are warning that Ukraine remains deeply vulnerable. A highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive stagnated through the fall, and US officials believe that Kyiv is unlikely to make any major gains over the coming months.

The assessment, sent to Capitol Hill on Monday, comes as some Republicans have balked at the US providing additional funding for Ukraine and the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to try to get supplemental funding through Congress.

  • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.mlEnglish
    330·
    11 months ago

    Wow, Ukraine must be really incompetent then, how else could they be losing to such a diminished force?

        • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          11 months ago

          No, Ukraine had munitions reserves. Which are, y’know, an expendable resource. And they expended them.

          • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.mlEnglish
            18·
            11 months ago

            So Ukraine is out of munitions? Shouldn’t that not be a problem though? I remember that Russia ran out about a year ago.

            • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
              51·
              11 months ago

              I remember Russia having issues sourcing munitions some time ago, yes. What is your point exactly? That Russia doesn’t have munitions??? They clearly do…

              • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.mlEnglish
                17·
                11 months ago

                That sounds like a Kremlin talking point; it was well reported that Russia exhausted their munition a long time ago. There’s a reason they’ve been fighting with shovels and rocks since then.

                • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  6·
                  11 months ago

                  That sounds like a Kremlin talking point

                  Really? Because it seems like Russia would be more incentivized to have westerners believe that Ukraine will be just fine without U.S. aid.

                  There’s a reason they’ve been fighting with shovels and rocks since then.

                  You know that’s not literally true right? Otherwise Ukrainian casualties would be in the single digits…

                  Is it possible you could spell out exactly what you think the U.S. and Ukraine should do? I genuinely cannot tell what point you’re trying to make here.

                  • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.mlEnglish
                    16·
                    11 months ago

                    Really? Because it seems like Russia would be more incentivized to have westerners believe that Ukraine will be just fine without U.S. aid.

                    So stories that make Russia look weak are Kremlin talking points? What about this story that says Russia has lost 87 percent of its troops? That sure makes it sound like Ukraine will be just fine without US aid.

                    You know that’s not literally true right?

                    You’re starting to sound like a Russian bot…