Russia Day marked by million military losses

I know what the first comment on this post will be: "There are 140 million Russians. They can mobilize another million and not feel any problems."

Yes and no.

Can the Russians put another million into service? Probably, yes.

"Will this million be effective? That depends on us. At the beginning of the war, Russia had 200,000 troops. Now, it has over 600,000."

At the beginning of the war, they actually occupied vast territories, and they were stopped by a newly mobilized army.

Now, as Palisa explained to the senators last week, they have occupied 0.7% of the territory and have lost almost half a million people for it (on June 12, 2024, the Russian losses amounted to 521,000).

0.7% of the territory and 500,000 personnel losses. Is this a victorious and swift war for Russia? Doubtful.

"We must admit that what is currently happening at the front is an exchange of territory for the lives of Russian soldiers. Because the primary task of the army is to destroy the enemy's army. Not protecting territory, not seizing territory, but destroying the enemy's army."

Ukraine is destroying the enemy's army. This is evident in the number of armored fighting vehicles and tanks the enemy is operating. This is evident in the inability to use air defense to cover the rear. This is about the physical destruction of 34% of the enemy's strategic aviation fleet. This is about driving the Black Sea Fleet out of Crimea and the impossibility of its full-fledged further deployment in the Black Sea.

Ukraine is destroying the Russian army.

Even now, this is happening in the Sumy region. The Kursk operation was intended to reduce the enemy's offensive potential and infrastructure in the Sudzha area. But the enemy still managed to attack the border with 60,000 troops. However, these are exclusively attacks on the border, which have been significantly depleted in the last 3 weeks of active offensives. Because the enemy's army is being destroyed.

We have no other choice. Destroying Russians and seeking ways to disintegrate the federation from within through diplomatic channels - that's the formula.

And on the path of this destruction, there will be losses of territory. And strikes on the rear with breakthroughs in our air defense. And a whole host of successful information campaigns against us.

I have already written that at some point we simply began to think that everything can and should be very good. And the fact that this is not the case greatly upsets and exhausts us. But it shouldn't be good. It should be realistic.

The reality is this: the enemy is being destroyed, the army is being destroyed. Everyone should ask themselves: where am I in this process?

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About the author. Vasyl Pekhno, journalist, host, analyst.

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