Source : NEW INDIAN EXPRESS NEWS
Russian forces seized the logistical hub of Vuhledar in Donetsk on 1 October 2024. Russian forces also captured 2,356 square kilometres of Ukraine between September to November 2024. However, this did not lead to the collapse of Ukrainian forces. But the cost of this advance was at least 11,678 Russian military deaths, based on the names of the soldiers which appeared in obituaries during this period.
According to ISW, Russia captured 4,168 square kilometres of land in 2024, and for each square kilometre captured, 27 Russian soldiers were killed. This data does not include the number of soldiers wounded.
How Russia replenishes its depleted forces
To attract recruitment, Russia increased the one-time payments to soldiers in three Russian regions. In Ufa, a city in Russia, the one-time payment for signing a Russian army contract is 34 times the region’s average salary of 67,575 rubles.
Volunteers also signed up to avoid criminal prosecution. However, volunteers have become the fastest-growing category of casualties.
Thousands of volunteers who signed contracts in 2023- 2024 were sent to the front lines with minimal training of just 10 to 14 days. This reduced their chances of survival.
The calculation of deaths from open sources is likely to be incomplete as a significant number of bodies in the battlefield may not have been retrieved.
SOURCE :- NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
