{"id":27340,"date":"2023-12-13T01:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T01:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/?p=27340"},"modified":"2023-12-13T01:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T01:39:00","slug":"russia-has-lost-almost-90-percent-of-its-troops-since-start-of-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertraining.net\/world-news\/russia-has-lost-almost-90-percent-of-its-troops-since-start-of-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia has lost almost 90 percent of its troops since start of Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine destroys Russian air defence system<\/h3>\n

Russia has lost 87 percent of the active-duty ground troops it had before its invasion of Ukraine, according to a US intelligence assessment provided to Congress.<\/p>\n

A source familiar with the assessment told CNN that two-thirds of Russia\u2019s pre-invasion tanks have also been lost.<\/p>\n

But Vladimir Putin is still determined to push forward as the war approaches its two-year anniversary in February.<\/p>\n

US officials have warned that Ukraine remains very vulnerable, as their highly anticipated counteroffensive has seemingly stalled this fall.<\/p>\n

The assessment, which was sent to Capitol Hill on Monday, comes as Republicans have blocked a vote for additional US aid to Ukraine and the Biden administration has launched an effort to get the funding through Congress.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington on Tuesday to meet with lawmakers and President Joe Biden to appeal for more military and economic aid for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Despite heavy losses, Russia has been able to keep its war effort going by relaxing recruitment standards and using older Soviet-era equipment.<\/p>\n

But the assessment still found that the war has \u201csharply set back 15 years of Russian effort to modernize its ground force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia has lost 315,000 of 360,000 troops that entered Ukraine on the battlefield, according to the assessment.<\/p>\n

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In addition, 2,200 of 3,500 tanks have been lost, and 4,400 of 13,600 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers have been destroyed.<\/p>\n

The assessment read: \u201cAs of late November, Russia lost over a quarter of its pre-invasion stockpiles of ground forces equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has reduced the complexity and scale of Russian offensive operations, which have failed to make major gains in Ukraine since early 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n