Former NATO officer: Ukrainian army loses 800 troops daily

Retired German Air Force colonel and prominent military analyst Ralph De Thiele said, without revealing his sources, that around 800 Ukrainian soldiers are killed and wounded daily in the middle of the conflict with Russia, according to the report of Fars International News Agency.

He, who has a history of serving in NATO, announced on Wednesday in a note in the Fox magazine that this means that Kiev should send more than 20,000 soldiers every month for To replace the dead and wounded. He added that Ukraine also needs additional personnel to rotate its forces on the front lines so that tired soldiers can recuperate and units can recover their supplies.

He continued in this note, “high-stakes defense” and counter-attacks, which he described as “a thing of the past”, had a heavy price for Ukraine. Is. “Kief’s manpower and hardware have been significantly worn out,” Tileh added. Western weapon systems are not miracle weapons and are being worn out.” According to this military analyst, the deterioration of the situation on the battlefield and the reduction Western support for Kiev is destroying the morale of the Ukrainian forces, who have to store ammunition in a war of attrition and endure being killed on the front lines without rest or a sense of accomplishment.

He went on to say that step by step Russia’s superiority in the conflict with Ukraine is becoming more apparent and Moscow’s strategy of erosion in terms of personnel, equipment, ammunition and morale is having an effect.

According to Rasha Today, it seems that Thiel’s assessment of the number of casualties in Ukraine is higher than the statistics that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced at the meeting of the Ministry of Defense of this country on Tuesday. According to Shoigu, about 400,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed and wounded since the start of the war in February 2022, which means that Kiev’s daily casualties are about 600 soldiers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who presided over the meeting, emphasized, “We can confidently say that our forces are taking the initiative on the front lines with Ukraine is in their hands”.

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