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.
Pu
tin’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!