More than 50,000 Russians killed in Ukrainian ‘meat grinder’: Report
Al Jazeera
The rate of casualties accelerated last year as inexperienced troops arrived on the front lines.
Russian military casualties in the war with Ukraine have topped 50,000, according to research.
The BBC, whose Russian unit has been counting deaths since Moscow’s forces invaded the neighbouring state in February 2022, revealed the number on Wednesday, noting that the rate of casualties accelerated in the second year of the conflict.
The tally, compiled by BBC Russian, independent media group Mediazona and volunteers saw the death toll rise to 27,300 Russian soldiers during the second year of the war, a 25 percent increase on the first year.
The only official death toll released by Russia said in September 2022 that just under 6,000 of its soldiers had been killed.
The research notes that Moscow’s use of “meat grinder” tactics is likely to have accelerated the loss rate of troops last year.
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