thats true, but they just have to deny russia air superiority, which they are able to do provided they have sufficient anti air missiles.
A good thing that this War is teaching people is that it takes a lot of patience to wait for troops and equipment to Respawn…irl
It's not worth trying to educate fools. So many people still think the US is sending them "bags of money" that could be spent on our country. Not excess munitions, etc that cost around 5% of our defense budget. And are supplying US companies work constructing more and restocking them.
Half of Putin's elite airborne troops 'wiped out' in just six months
"A former Kremlin official has admitted Russia now only has half of its elite airborne troops since invading Ukraine.
Putin’s elite paratrooper squad, known as the VDV, had already been decimated before his mobilisation of 2,000,000 troops in September 2022.
The revelation comes from Mikhail Zvinchuk, a former military press official and creator of the Rybar channel on Telegram, who revealed the news on Russian state TV.
‘Many are saying that you can’t see the airborne troops on the frontline,’ he said.
‘Unfortunately, this is the objective reality – by the start of mobilisation, our airborne forces lost 40-50 percent of staff.
He added: ‘As of now, out of the old and tested formations with designated equipment, not that many are remaining.’
It was known the VDV had sustained heavy losses and were noticeably absent from the frontlines, but the true scale of their decimation was not publicly known.
Russia’s airborne forces led the country’s military in the initial advance into Ukraine in February 2022."
Half of Putin's elite airborne troops 'wiped out' in just six months (msn.com)
40 to 50% GONE?!?!
That must've been one helluva feint into Kyiv!
Starcraft tactics!
Naw, if they had large bunch with USSR era airplanes in working condition, they might create nightmare for Russia in Ukraine.....
Half of Putin's elite airborne troops 'wiped out' in just six months
"A former Kremlin official has admitted Russia now only has half of its elite airborne troops since invading Ukraine.
Putin’s elite paratrooper squad, known as the VDV, had already been decimated before his mobilisation of 2,000,000 troops in September 2022.
The revelation comes from Mikhail Zvinchuk, a former military press official and creator of the Rybar channel on Telegram, who revealed the news on Russian state TV.
‘Many are saying that you can’t see the airborne troops on the frontline,’ he said.
‘Unfortunately, this is the objective reality – by the start of mobilisation, our airborne forces lost 40-50 percent of staff.
He added: ‘As of now, out of the old and tested formations with designated equipment, not that many are remaining.’
It was known the VDV had sustained heavy losses and were noticeably absent from the frontlines, but the true scale of their decimation was not publicly known.
Russia’s airborne forces led the country’s military in the initial advance into Ukraine in February 2022."
Half of Putin's elite airborne troops 'wiped out' in just six months (msn.com)
40 to 50% GONE?!?!
That must've been one helluva feint into Kyiv!
Starcraft tactics!
Ergo, instead of bragging about a high paying engineering job, or a degree at a prestigious institution, he has to brag about membership in an organization that does what? Research and publishing articles? No?
40% to 50% attrition includes all casualties. Usually the KIA to wounded ratio is 1:4. Russia used VDV as spearhead units during the initial YOLO assault and they took the blunt of the Ukrainian counterattacks. Any unit that suffers more than 25% casualty rate will become combat ineffective, regardless of how "elite" you are.Half of Putin's elite airborne troops 'wiped out' in just six months
"A former Kremlin official has admitted Russia now only has half of its elite airborne troops since invading Ukraine.
Putin’s elite paratrooper squad, known as the VDV, had already been decimated before his mobilisation of 2,000,000 troops in September 2022.
The revelation comes from Mikhail Zvinchuk, a former military press official and creator of the Rybar channel on Telegram, who revealed the news on Russian state TV.
‘Many are saying that you can’t see the airborne troops on the frontline,’ he said.
‘Unfortunately, this is the objective reality – by the start of mobilisation, our airborne forces lost 40-50 percent of staff.
He added: ‘As of now, out of the old and tested formations with designated equipment, not that many are remaining.’
It was known the VDV had sustained heavy losses and were noticeably absent from the frontlines, but the true scale of their decimation was not publicly known.
Russia’s airborne forces led the country’s military in the initial advance into Ukraine in February 2022."
Half of Putin's elite airborne troops 'wiped out' in just six months (msn.com)
40 to 50% GONE?!?!
That must've been one helluva feint into Kyiv!
Starcraft tactics!
They didn't. Putin's miscalculation doomed them. They were supposed to quickly seize airfields and important objectives around Kyiv and were not ready for the kind of heavy opposition they encountered. They were expecting light Ukrainian resistance but instead faced an organized army.
Wagner does have more than 60% and anyway are capable to hire new meat....
25% at any given time, not across the whole length of the war.
The Russian regular grunts have little motivation to fight. If Wagner mercs are getting 5x the pay doing the same job, why would you risk your neck? That is also a source of hostility between Wagner and the Russian military.
