"Throw in a meat grinder": the Russian Federation is giving up to 30 thousand soldiers for war in Ukraine every month - the media

Western intelligence services are called May 2024, especially deadly to the Russian army in Ukraine. On average, more than 1000 invaders were killed in hostilities daily. Russia enters the army from 25 thousand to 30 thousand soldiers, so it compensates for the losses in Ukraine. About it reports the American newspaper The New York Times with reference to military officials. May 2024, according to Western intelligence services, became especially deadly for the Russian army in Ukraine.

On average, more than 1000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were killed every day. Analysts of British military intelligence estimated Russia's losses in May at up to 1,200 people a day. Russian soldiers compare this style of war with a meat grinder: apparently, commanders do not realize that they send infantry for a faithful death.

Sometimes this approach shows efficiency: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation captured Avdiivka and Bakhmut, but during the attack on the Kharkiv region he did not work. US officials have stated that Russia has achieved an important goal - created a buffer zone along its border to complicate the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces to strike in its territory. "Moscow really tried to achieve great success - to break through the front line this spring, but failed.

They have achieved very little success, but paid a very high price," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview. Russia's use of infantry in wave attacks shows one of its advantages in the war: its population is much more than in Ukraine. This fact gives her a greater reserve of potential recruits. However, the losses forced the Russian Federation to quickly transfer new recruits into Ukraine.

The soldiers who are sent to the front are poorly trained, which limits Russia's ability to create more capable units and increase the number of losses, the interlocutors of the newspaper noted. The change in the nature of the modern war has also increased the number of casualties. The widespread spread of drones has made it easier for both parties to detect and target the enemy. Mins and cassette ammunition make the movement of open terrain almost suicide.

Weapons and ammunition from a new US package of about $ 60 billion are coming to the forefront. Ukrainian commanders no longer need to normalize shells. Russia is still exceeding Ukraine by weapons, but not so much, the military said. In the coming weeks, Western officials expect the fighting to move east and south again. Russia is still ready to spend resources to achieve gradual success.