Why is this important?
During the 6 months of war in Ukraine, the Russian army lost 10 generals and about a thousand officers from the personnel of the Russian army. This was reported by journalist Yuriy Butusov with reference to research by the authors of the Killed in Ukraine project, who also established the personal data of the killed Russian commanders.
According to Butusov, the losses of junior officers who “make war” are of key importance for determining the combat capability of the troops, since Russia will not be able to restore these losses in the shortest possible time.
“I pay particular attention to the huge confirmed losses of junior officers in the rank of junior lieutenant-captain – 722 people,” writes Butusov.
Despite Russia's superiority in combat equipment and ammunition, it is not able to break through the Ukrainian defense, as the high losses of junior commanders killed and wounded determine a sharp decline combat capabilities of the enemy.
As Butusov notes, the number of fighters with machine guns is not important in a modern war, if there is no decentralized control and combat capability at the company-battery level. than the destruction of logistics. Judging by the losses of officers that have just become known, estimates of Russian losses at 15,000 killed do not appear to be an exaggeration,” Butusov notes.
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