Russia has lost nearly 100,000 troops so far, a number it is expected to cross by Christmas. The Invasion began on Feb 24 of this year. That's 10 months and so 10,000 troops a month. That's more than it lost in 10 years in Afghanistan: "The war began in December 1979, and lasted until February 1989. About 15,000 Soviet soldiers were killed". https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Afghan_War and also more than America lost in its own Afghanistan War: "There were 2,456 United States military deaths in the War in Afghanistan." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_in_the_War_in_Afghanistan
See the below: "One NATO member is warning allies that Putin may accept the death or injury of as many as 300,000 Russian troops, roughly three times his estimated losses so far." https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/howrussiafumbledtheukraine-invasion
The Kremlin began with 150,000 Invaders. Later on, Putin mobilized 300,000 more. So if he loses 300K, that's 2/3rds or 70% of his fighting force.
Ukraine was a Peaceful Country and had in no way threatened Russia. Russia had also sworn, in its Budapest Memorandum, not to attack or threaten Ukraine, which it blatantly violated. The UK and US made Ukraine give up its Nukes - to Russia!!! - for Budapest Memorandum.
Source: "The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance,[2] prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.[3][4] ...
According to the three memoranda,[5] Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they agreed to the following:
From the Free Peace Journal Site:
"New Delhi: The New York Times colleagues have published a sweeping account of how Russia mismanaged its invasion of Ukraine, based on battle plans, intercepts and interviews with Russian soldiers and Kremlin confidants.
Here are some major points:
Wounded Russian soldiers said they had little training, food or supplies. Some turned to Wikipedia to learn how to use their weapons.
President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle fed his suspicions and magnified his grievances. The war was planned in such secrecy that his spokesman and chief of staff learned of it only after it began.
One NATO member is warning allies that Putin may accept the death or injury of as many as 300,000 Russian troops, roughly three times his estimated losses so far.
Invading Russian troops used their cellphones to call home, revealing their positions to Ukraine’s military.
“It was a cascade of failures, and at the top is Putin’s own misguidedness, his own isolation and his own conviction that he knew what was best,” Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief, told The Morning newsletter."
See the below: "One NATO member is warning allies that Putin may accept the death or injury of as many as 300,000 Russian troops, roughly three times his estimated losses so far." https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/howrussiafumbledtheukraine-invasion
The Kremlin began with 150,000 Invaders. Later on, Putin mobilized 300,000 more. So if he loses 300K, that's 2/3rds or 70% of his fighting force.
Ukraine was a Peaceful Country and had in no way threatened Russia. Russia had also sworn, in its Budapest Memorandum, not to attack or threaten Ukraine, which it blatantly violated. The UK and US made Ukraine give up its Nukes - to Russia!!! - for Budapest Memorandum.
Source: "The memoranda, signed in Patria Hall at the Budapest Convention Center with US Ambassador Donald M. Blinken amongst others in attendance,[2] prohibited the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States from threatening or using military force or economic coercion against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, "except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations." As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons.[3][4] ...
According to the three memoranda,[5] Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they agreed to the following:
- Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders.[6]
- Refrain from the threat or the use of force against the signatory... Until Ukraine gave up the Soviet nuclear weapons stationed on its soil, it had the world's third-largest nuclear weapons stockpile,[9][10] "
From the Free Peace Journal Site:
"New Delhi: The New York Times colleagues have published a sweeping account of how Russia mismanaged its invasion of Ukraine, based on battle plans, intercepts and interviews with Russian soldiers and Kremlin confidants.
Here are some major points:
Wounded Russian soldiers said they had little training, food or supplies. Some turned to Wikipedia to learn how to use their weapons.
President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle fed his suspicions and magnified his grievances. The war was planned in such secrecy that his spokesman and chief of staff learned of it only after it began.
One NATO member is warning allies that Putin may accept the death or injury of as many as 300,000 Russian troops, roughly three times his estimated losses so far.
Invading Russian troops used their cellphones to call home, revealing their positions to Ukraine’s military.
“It was a cascade of failures, and at the top is Putin’s own misguidedness, his own isolation and his own conviction that he knew what was best,” Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief, told The Morning newsletter."
