'They've lost a lot of people, they've lost a lot of equipment,' General Christopher G. Cavoli told the Lennart Meri Conference.
Speaking at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Estonia, on Sunday, Cavoli urged Western observers not to jump to conclusions based on the repeated battlefield failures of the Russian land forces in Ukraine.
"The Russian military's demise in Ukraine is something that has to be studied very closely," the general said."It has not been even. It's very easy to look and to think that the Russian military has collapsed, or is in dire trouble. But in fact, it's been uneven. "The ground forces are greatly eroded, they have run into big problems. And they've lost a lot of people, they've lost a lot of equipment. On the other hand, they've also ingested a lot of people. And you know, the Russian army, the ground force, today is bigger than it was at the beginning of this conflict. So, it still exists.
Remnants of Russian military vehicles, equipment and munitions are displayed for an exhibition in the village of Tsirkuny, Kharkiv region of Ukraine on May 5, 2023. The commander of U.S. forces in Europe has warned that the Russian military still poses a serious threat to NATO."The air force has lost less than 100 fighters and bombers. They have about 1,000 remaining. The navy has lost almost nothing, cyber has lost nothing, space lost nothing.
The extent of Russian personnel losses in Ukraine remains unclear. Kyiv claims it has"liquidated" almost 200,000 Russian troops since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. The estimate broadly chimes with an American estimate of nearly 200,000 Russian dead and wounded over the same time period.around the devastated Donetsk city of Bakhmut, which come ahead of an expected Ukrainian spring counteroffensive.
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