• Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff: Russia casualties high but Uk

    From A. Filip@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 11 11:36:17 2022
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63580
    Ukraine war: US estimates 200,000 military casualties on all sides
    ; Published 2022-11-10T09:20:47.000Z

    The most senior US general estimates that around 100,000 Russian and
    100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been *killed or injured* in the war in Ukraine.
    *Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff* , also
    suggested that around 40,000 civilians had died after being caught up
    in the conflict.
    The estimates are the highest offered yet by a Western official. […] "You're looking at well over 100,000 Russian soldiers killed and
    wounded," Gen Milley said. "Same thing probably on the Ukrainian
    side." […]
    Moscow's last update in September said that just 5,937 troops had been *killed* since the start of the conflict, with Defence Minister Sergei
    Shoigu dismissing reports of a significantly higher *death* toll. […] Ukraine has largely refrained from giving casualty figures. But in
    August, the armed forces' commander-in-chief, Valeriy Zaluzhniy, was
    quoted in Ukrainian media saying 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers had *died* so
    far.

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