Thread by @LanguageIearner

A short thread on RU + UA losses per @Volya_media, for 10/26/22-11/7/22.

Losses = Killed, Missing, POW

TLDR:
🇷🇺 6280 - 6334 Losses (72.4k-76.7k total)
🇷🇺 12311- 12610 WIA (133.7k-147k total)

🇺🇦 2521- 2590 Losses (39.3k-42.3k total)
🇺🇦 6507- 6620 WIA (65.6k-71.5k total)

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🇷🇺 RU recent losses breakdown 10/26-11/7/22

RU Army:
6,030-6,050 losses
11,720-12,000 WIA

RU National guard:
150-180 losses
418-430 WIA

Wagner/PMCs:
69-73 losses
106-110 WIA
(I think more)

Black Sea Fleet:
31 losses
67-70 WIA

~1,564 causalities/day

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🇺🇦UA Losses for 10/27-11/7/22:

181- 190 losses far from the front line due to missile strikes

407- 420 WIA far from the front line due to missile strikes

2,340- 2,400 losses on all fronts

6,100- 6,200 WIA on all fronts (including sick leave)

~709 casualties/day

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🇷🇺 RU overall losses until 11/7/22:

72,460 - 76,731 losses (~289/day). ~30% are MIA.

133,783- 147,016 WIA (~544/day)
~40% are lightly wounded, who mostly return to duty

Not all were wounded at same time

Total casualties: 206.2k- 223.7k in 258 days (~834 a day)

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🇺🇦UA overall losses until 11/7/22:

39,287- 42,256 losses (~158/day) ~20% are MIA

65,672- 71,488 WIA ( ~266/day)
~50% are lightly wounded, who mostly return to duty.

Not all were wounded at same time.

Total casualties: 104.9k-113.7k (~424/day)

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Regarding sources and methods:

@Volya_media Has historically been highly accurate since the first weeks of the war, and have built quite a network of RU and UA sources.

They are RU-language media, but very much anti-Putin.

Here's their breakdown:

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