A whole lot of them were not Russians. Lots of foreign fighters and conscripts from taken territory.
I don’t think the Russians include those dead in official numbers.
Comment on Russia Has Lost 1.2 Million Troops in Ukraine—More Than Its Entire Pre-War Army
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Losing 1.2 million troops…
That is a lot of dead Russians.
Surely, they must have lots to show for that level of sacrifice.
worhui@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
America did something similar in Iraq and Afghanistan. They had to report troop losses to Congress but what they didn’t have to do is report dead mercenaries, so guess who did all the convey guarding through red zones?
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Don’t forget all the latin americans, africans, middle easterners and asians. Over a hundred countries’ nationals have fought on the russian side of the war. The reasons are all over the place.
MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Deceit. Whatever reason or job opportunity they thought they were signing up for, was just the pretense for the Russians to press them into service.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It gets even worse than that man.