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Insane figure, 786k is about half of Russia's reported total active military personal.
That is assuming all the bodies are Russian. North Koreans are a chunk and whatever the PMCs are adding to the tally aren't technically Russian either. It's still a huge amount but muddy.
They estimated 1/4 of NKs are casualties and roughly 12k NKs. So 3k casualties is a lot, it isn't much of this number.
Totally sustainable.
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Any other sources on that, cause the U.S. is reporting ~620,000 total casualties since the start of the war. Having trouble believing 2024 was twice as bad as 2023 and 2022 combined.
I found this statement collaborating the numbers. The NYT link is kind of old, perhaps it has been a busy holiday season.
Edit- this has me thinking about long range missile use, authorized in mid November
Our assessments further indicate there have been over 750,000 Russian casualties since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, with the grim milestone of one million Russians dead and wounded likely to be reached within approximately six months.
It is appropriate for me to confirm to the House that North Korean troops are currently engaged in offensive combat operations in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, where around 11,000 have been deployed.
Gov.uk - Minister for the Armed Forces statement on Ukraine 19 December 2024
Yes yes, and Russia shot down double the Ukrainian air force in the first six months. Casualty reporting is hard in the moment.
They are so goddamn bad at war.