Defence Minister Says 5,937 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine

[Vergennes]

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that 5,937 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine since the February military intervention, in a rare admission of military losses from Moscow.


"Our losses for today are 5,937 dead," Shoigu said in televised remarks, adding that Russia is "fighting not so much Ukraine as the collective West" in Ukraine.

Defence Minister Says 5,937 Russian Soldiers Killed In Ukraine

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday that 5,937 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine since the February military intervention, in a rare admission of military losses from Moscow.

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[Sifar zero]

Probably deaths would be around 15,000 of all the Russian side.

 

[alimobin memon]

Probably deaths would be around 15,000 of all the Russian side.

Actually finding so much of abandoned equipment is also backing the claim of around 6000 deaths.

 

[Vergennes]

Probably deaths would be around 15,000 of all the Russian side.

Russians have an old habit of hiding their real losses. A good indicator would be to compare initial Russian forces during the invasion compared to now. The main Russian forces are now composed of VDVs,volunteers/tiktok chechens and wagners. The quality of the equipments and the manpower have vastly degraded compared to february 2022. Mobilisation means the initial Russian forces are in great majority out of combat.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1567486326580150273

 

[F-22Raptor]

Probably deaths would be around 15,000 of all the Russian side.

25-30K and that’s probably a conservative estimate

 

[MH.Yang]

Does this figure include the casualties of militias in East Ukraine?

 

[Areesh]

Nearly 6000 deaths

Extremely poor performance by Russians

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1572498937487192065

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Ukraine lost probably just as many.

 

[jhungary]

Actually finding so much of abandoned equipment is also backing the claim of around 6000 deaths.

lol, no, it doesn't......

You can estimated by having chart their replacement unit and their rotation and guess how many casualties they had suffered.

The entire line has rotated twice since Feb 24, which suggest 100% casualty rate since Feb 24, which mean roughly 200,000 casualties, depends on the ratio, it can range up to 1 KIA to 5 WIA to 1 KIA to 10 WIA. If this is former, then roughly 40,000 Russian had died, if this is latter, then roughly 10,000 had died. Modest guess would put this between 20,000-30,000 Russian KIA.

 

[WarKa DaNG]

It was inevitible to avoid mobilization; 1000 km of contact is too much for 200,000 Russians.

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1572506238000467968

 

[alimobin memon]

lol, no, it doesn't......

You can estimated by having chart their replacement unit and their rotation and guess how many casualties they had suffered.

The entire line has rotated twice since Feb 24, which suggest 100% casualty rate since Feb 24, which mean roughly 200,000 casualties, depends on the ratio, it can range up to 1 KIA to 5 WIA to 1 KIA to 10 WIA. If this is former, then roughly 40,000 Russian had died, if this is latter, then roughly 10,000 had died. Modest guess would put this between 20,000-30,000 Russian KIA.

I agree to your point but full mobilization simply means more area is to be covered as this feels like a full fledged war. To me russia did not use full punch I guess now they are going full scale and desperate.

 

[jhungary]

I agree to your point but full mobilization simply means more area is to be covered as this feels like a full fledged war. To me russia did not use full punch I guess now they are going full scale and desperate.

They had used their full punch. The men you see on the front line is not some weekend warrior that don't know what they are doing, that's their regular force. Those are the force you retain to deploy when your country need.

What they mobilised is an auxiliary force, people who spend a year in the military 4 years ago and now may be getting too fat or too slow or too out of shape for service, those hardly their frontline troop. Because those troop are already deployed 6 months ago. It's like calling me back into the service, I mean what good do I do now I am not in my 20s and I wasn't in line with Ranger PT anymore....

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

A small loss for a big gain. Donbas has 6 million people. Kherson has 1 million people. That's 7 million more Russian citizens.