Ukraine–Russia

Ukrainian intelligence says Russian losses this year have exceeded recruitment for the first time

This version is a correction.

ASSESSMENT
Location
Location unavailable
Actors
Russia
Importance
Notable

War Monitor3, citing Ukraine's military intelligence, reported that the Russian army has for the first time begun to lose more personnel than it recruits. The account put Russian losses since the beginning of the year at 282,000 against recruitment of 275,000. These are intelligence estimates relayed by a single account and have not been independently verified.

Verification: unverified

Evidence: War Monitor3 post relaying a Ukrainian intelligence estimate of Russian personnel losses and recruitment

Belligerent intelligence estimate relayed by one account; the underlying figures have not been independently checked.

This event has no published location.