More than 20,000 troops killed or missing, Russian officials appear to admit

[Eugene]

Source: The Telegraph

More than 20,000 troops killed or missing, Russian officials appear to admit

Ewan Somerville
Thu, April 21, 2022, 7:44 PM

More than 20,000 Russian troops are dead or missing in Ukraine, Kremlin officials have reportedly admitted as the "second phase" of the war centres on the country's south and east.

The pro-Kremlin website Readovka wrote on VK, a Russian social media network, that 13,400 Russian troops had been killed during the war and a further 7,000 could be missing in action.

The report, which was hastily deleted, said the casualties were announced at a closed briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defence.

The figures have not been verified but would be a stark increase on the previous troop toll announced by the Russian ministry on March 25, of 1,351 killed and 3,825 wounded.

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[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Among Russian non-sociopaths, the war is not popular.

Local mutinies and refusals to follow orders are increasing. Mercenaries are killing regular soldiers for refusing to fight. Putin pretends that everything is hunky dory.

[OnDoutside]

2. If that's what they're admitting to, it's probably far higher.

[bluedigger]

3. Very much in line with Ukraine's own estimates.

They may not have been inflating the numbers as much as most assumed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Putin has proven that the Russian Army is a second-rate organization