Wagner suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, official says: 28% dead, a further 51% wounded, totaling 62K casualties in just over a year
Wagner suffered staggering losses in Ukraine, official says: 28% dead, a further 51% wounded, totaling 62K casualties in just over a year
The Wagner Group sent 78,000 fighters to Ukraine, and 22,000 of them were killed, a group official said.
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So his plan was to start a coup with 21% of his normal force? No wonder they didn't make Moscow
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This shows how effective nuclear weapons are as a deterrent. The threat of them is the only thing keeping the war going this long.
My guess is that he planned on a popular uprising to join him along the way, and while he’s super popular, so is Putin. It didn’t materialize.
"By popular uprising you mean Telegram reactions right? If I 👍, I'm doing my part?" - Russian Mellenials, probably
The official said the majority of Wagner fighters in Ukraine — 49,000 — were prisoners.
I'm guessing they compromised a large portion of the dead. So not 21% of his normal forces.