Is Russia On Course To Lose 500,000 Troops By The End Of 2024?

Russians conscripted as part of the mobilization in Rostov on October 31, 2022. Arkady Budnitsky/Anadolu Agency

Business Insider: Russia is on course to lose 500,000 troops by end of 2024, after turning its forces into a 'low quality, high quantity mass army,' says UK intel

* Russia is on course to have lost half a million soldiers by the end of the year, the UK Ministry of Defense said.

* Russia's forces have become "a low quality, high quantity mass army," the department said.

* It will likely take Russia five to 10 years to rebuild its forces to a high standard.

Russia is on course to have lost a total of 500,000 soldiers by the end of this year if casualties continue at their current rate, the UK Ministry of Defense said.

The average daily number of Russian casualties in Ukraine has risen by almost 300 during the last year, the department noted, citing data from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

Neither Business Insider nor the UK's MOD could independently verify the methodology used by the Ukrainian General Staff.

But the MOD previously said the figures are "plausible," putting it down to mounting casualty figures from Russia's attacks on Avdiivka, a small town on the edge of occupied Donetsk.

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WNU Editor: In the past year Ukraine and its Western allies have been consistent in underestimating Russian military capabilities while overestimating their losses and short comings. The above claim that Russia will have have lost half million soldiers by the end of the year is just a continuation of this narrative.

As to what are Russia's military casualties?

The website known as Mediazona, in collaboration with BBC News Russian service and a team of volunteers, continues to be the best in gathering information on the Russian military casualties in Ukraine. The link is here.

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