Ukraine's spy chief reveals Russia's price for another 18 months of war
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Another 18 months of war will result in 765,800 Russian soldiers killed or wounded. Combined with current losses, this amounts to nearly 10% of the Russian male population, according to Oleh Ivashchenko, head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR).
Another 18 months of combat operations will result in an additional 765,800 Russian casualties, Ivashchenko says.
According to the head of HUR's estimates, of this number, 459,480 will be killed, and 306,320 will be wounded.
If these figures are added to the current casualty estimate, the total would amount to nearly 10% of Russia's male population aged 25–49.
Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine are already approaching 1.5 million people. According to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of August 11, there have been 1,460,400 Russian troops killed and wounded, while the Kremlin is replenishing its army ranks with prisoners and foreign military personnel, among others.
