Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Leaked casualty figures from an elite Russian special forces brigade indicate that it has suffered huge losses in Ukraine, equivalent to more than half of its entire roster of personnel. Scores of men are listed as being 'unaccounted for', in other words having deserted. ⬇️

2/ The 10th Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade (military unit 51532) is a special forces (spetsnaz) unit under the GRU. It is a 2002 refoundation by Russia of a Soviet-era spetsnaz unit that, ironically, passed to Ukraine when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.

3/ Since the invasion of February 2022, the brigade has been fighting on the Kherson front, which has seen constant and extremely bloody fighting over the islands in the Dnipro river and delta. Russian sources have reported very high casualties.

4/ The figures, along with names, have been published by the Telegram channel 'Don't Expect Good News'. It says that a staff officer with the brigade has passed it lists of the casualties, missing and deserters since the start of the war, complete with individual names.

5/ The data shows the following casualties since February 2022:

🔺 Killed: 621 men
🔺 Missing in action: 315
🔺 'Unaccounted for' [i.e. deserters]: 169

6/ By the end of 2025, the brigade was far below its normal roster of personnel. The figures were:

🔺 1,811 men rostered, of whom:
🔺 1,230 were on duty
🔺 315 missing in action
🔺 144 unaccounted for
🔺 109 in hospital
🔺 10 under arrest
🔺 3 in captivity

7/ The huge scale of the losses in even an elite unit reflect what commentators have described as an "astonishing" level of casualties. Spetsnaz soldiers are considerably better trained and equipped than regular infantry, so their loss will be significantly more harmful. /end

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