According to a tender by the Russian government around 230,000 death certificates have been made for their families left behind, despite the Kremlin previously claiming only 6,000 were sent to their untimely deaths.
Vladimir Putin has also ordered a further 757,305 certificated for โcombat veteransโ who have survived, meaning that at least 1 million soldiers have been deployed since 24 February 2022 when the war started, Verstka media outlet reported.
Kremlin officials have been trying to โunsuccessfully hideโ the real numbers which are classified as โstate secrets.โ
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On Tuesday theย Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said that three Russian brigades โlikely suffered heavy lossesโ during Ukraineโs liberation ofย Klishchiivka and Andriivka.
The ISW said that the Russian brigades were โcombat ineffectiveโ after looking through reports from Ukrainian military officials.
A commander of the brigade was killed in action and the three Russian brigades were the 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade (3rd Army Corps), 31st Guards VDV Brigade and Russiaโs 83rd Guards VDV Brigade.
ISW analysis said, โIf recent Ukrainian advances south of Bakhmut resulted in the destruction of the 31st and 83rd VDV brigadesโ combat capabilities, then the Russian command will likely laterally redeploy elements of another relatively elite formation to maintain critical elements of the Russian defence south of Bakhmut.โ
The battle of Bakhmut saw at least โ500 Russian soldiers being wounded or killedโ daily as fierce fighting took place combined with Wagner Forces against Ukrainian troops.
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