⚡️According to intelligence data, over the past 5 months, 🇷🇺Russia has suffered more than 100,000 casualties in #Bakhmut - 80,000 wounded and 20,000 killed, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby pic.twitter.com/v2Rllu4jKF
— 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) May 1, 2023
Warzone/The Drive: Ukraine Situation Report: 100k Russian Casualties Since December, White House Says (Updated)
Over 20,000 Russians were killed in Ukraine since December, according to White House National Security Council spokesman.
Russia has made “incremental gains” in Bakhmut, but those gains and other actions have come at the tremendous cost of more than 20,000 Russian troops killed and 80,000 wounded across Ukraine since December, the White House National Security Council (NSC) said Monday.
Those more than 100,000 casualties since December came as “Russians attempted an offensive in the Donbas that has failed,” Kirby told reporters, including from The War Zone, Monday afternoon. “Last December, the Russians initiated broad operations across multiple lines of effort including Vuldehar, Avdiivka, Bakhmut and Kreminna. Most of these efforts have stalled and Russia has been unable to seize any real strategic and significant territory.”
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WNU Editor: If true, that means the Russian army is being crippled. But there is a problem. The White House and the Pentagon are not on the same page.
According to US General Cavoli, Head of US European Command, he just said that “much of the Russian Military has not been affected negatively by this conflict” (see tweet below).
So who is right? The top US General in Europe who is overseeing the US effort to assist Ukraine, or the White House spokesman?
3) General Cavoli, Head of US European Command:
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) May 1, 2023
Just confirmed that “much of the Russian Military has not been affected negatively by this conflict”.
In conclusion, the “spring counter offensive” is over before it began, and Ukraine are about to lose all defensive capabilities. pic.twitter.com/sOaxI4DXek
White House National Security Council Says Russia Has Suffered 100,000+ Casualties In The Battle For Bakhmut
US says 20,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war since December -- AP
US believes Russians in Ukraine have suffered 100,000 casualties in 5 months -- Reuters
US intelligence believes 'slaughter-fest' fighting in Ukraine has cost Russia 100,000 dead and wounded in only a matter of months, White House reveals -- Business Insider
White House estimates 20K Russians killed in Ukraine war since December -- The Hill
Kirby Claims Whopping 100,000+ Russian Casualties In Bakhmut Alone -- Zero Hedge