British intelligence revealed daily Russian casualties in Ukraine rose 300% last year (Europa Press)
The United Kingdom's intelligence service provided an assessment of the army's performance Russia In Ukraine and explained that Last year, the average number of fighters killed or wounded rose by 300 percent.
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“This increase is almost certainly reflected the degradation of the Russian armed forces and its transition to a mass army of lower quality since the partial mobilization of reservists in September 2022,” the agency reported, citing the Kremlin order of the 22nd of that month, in which it massively called on civilians to join its ranks after severe setbacks on the battlefield.
The measure was initiated with great urgency because the combatants on Ukrainian soil were unable to cope with the attacks and recruitment in prisons was also inadequate. In just over a month, Moscow recruited 300,000 men with an average age of 35 into the troops, although another large group of men disobeyed the ruling party and were exiled from the country because they disagreed with the so-called “Operation Special.” . . However, the big problem with this initiative was this Lack of experience of these soldiers who were sent to the front almost like cannon fodder.
Russian mobilization in September 2022 forced thousands of inexperienced men to fight on the front lines (Portal)
The level of inefficiency was such that Russia could accumulate for next year if the 2023 pace is maintained More than half a million combatants were killed or wounded in three years of war, a figure much higher than the 70,000 casualties recorded in the nine years that the Afghan war lasted.
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This scenario, British intelligence added, will at least force Russia to do so It takes between five and ten years to re-establish a force with high levels of training and experience for its military unitswhich leaves him in a completely weakened scenario.
In any case, Moscow persists in its offensives against Ukraine and continues to push for the expulsion of Kiev troops struggling to regain control of their occupied territory.
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The day before, Russia launched more than 150 missiles and drones against several Ukrainian cities, at least abandoned 39 dead and more of 160 injured. Local officials reported that it was the largest attack since hostilities began in February 2022 and included all types of weapons: Kinzhals, S-300, cruise missiles and unmanned aircraft.
The day before, Russia launched a wave of attacks in Ukraine with more than 150 missiles and drones (Portal)
“We haven't seen so much red on our screens for a long time,” complained Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat.
In response, Kiev reached the Russian border town of Belgorod overnight on Friday, leaving one dead and four injured in a residential building.
Also the president Volodymyr Zelensky visited the city Avdiivka, one of the hottest places on the Eastern Front for months. Russia has been trying to take control of this industrial region of Donbass for weeks, but has failed in almost all attempts and has even become one of its main victims – the number is estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 officers and 400 armored vehicles since October 10th -.
“I thank everyone who is on the front line for their service, for this year in which the whole country survived thanks to these soldiers,” Zelensky emphasized during his visit a few days before the end of the year and in the middle of a harsh winter. which will complicate the fighting conditions of these brigades.
(With information from Europa Press)