Russian forces seized the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka earlier this month, suffering heavy losses in the process.
  • Russian forces seized the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka earlier this month but paid a heavy price.
  • The ISW said the number of Russian fatalities likely exceeds those killed in the Soviet-Afghan war.
  • Russia has often used costly “human wave” tactics to achieve its military objectives in Ukraine.
  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Sure, same reason DPR and LPR volunteers/voluntold bore the brunt of early war offensives. They are not actual Russians, and not MOD so their deaths do not count. After them, Russian minorities from the outer regions, Neither do foreign fighters. They are the current iteration of the prison battalions.