100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US says

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

100,000 Russian troops killed or injured in Ukraine, US says

By TARA COPP
November 9, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s announced retreat from Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine that it seized early in the war, and a potential stalemate in fighting over the winter could provide both countries an opportunity to negotiate peace, Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday.

He said as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians and “well over” 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war, now in its ninth month. “Same thing probably on the Ukrainian side,” Milley added.

“There has been a tremendous amount of suffering, human suffering,” he said at The Economic Club of New York.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday he was open to peace talks with Russia to end the war but only on the condition that Russia return all of Ukraine’s occupied lands, provide compensation for war damage and face prosecution for war crimes.

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[Gore1FL]

1. That's insane. I wonder if Putin survives the Russian Federation collapse.

There are so many who escaped Russia and the mobilization. One would think most are never coming back.

They can't afford to lose more.

[OnDoutside]

2. I can't think the coming winter is going to help that figure much.

The Russians aren't even feeding their troops properly, I doubt they'll clothe them properly either