Russian military has lost more than 10% of combat force sent in to Ukraine, still stalled outside

[AZLD4Candidate]

Source: Yahoo

The Russian military has lost more than 10% of the combat force that President Vladimir Putin sent to invade Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday.

The Russian combat force has dipped slightly below 90% for the first time in the war that began less than a month ago, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe intelligence assessments.

Not all of the more than 150,000 Russian troops in Ukraine are combat troops. Russian forces remain largely stalled across Ukraine, particularly around the capital of Kyiv, where their closest forces remain about 10 miles from the city’s center.

The official described Ukrainian resistance as quick and nimble – and for the first time in the war seeking to retake ground from the Russians.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/zelenskyy-ready-negotiate-directly-putin-070738825.html

[Gore1FL]

1. Decimated in a month.

If the unconfirmed reports of unsupplied Russian troops surrounded in Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel is true, they might drop a quitea few more % points.

Here is the thread concerning that unconfirmed report:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216510364

[lagomorph777]

2. Yep - and if the new medium and long range missiles arrive, Poo Tin is in a world of hurt.

[maxsolomon]

3. Literally Decimated, for once.

Putin cares not a whit about anyone's life, even Russians.

Par for the Russian Despot course.

[KS Toronado]

4. If the Pentagon is saying this, then their figures are probably close to right

10% of 150,000 is 15,000 dead Russian soldiers. More to come.

[machoneman]

5. That # may include captured Russkies, wounded in hospitals and even those who switched sides.

[rkleinberger]

6. Perfect time for NATO and the US to strike.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. You want nuclear armageddon?

Because, that's how you get nuclear armageddon.

[oldsoftie]

7. UKR can't continue indefinitely with a stalemate though.

They need more and BIGGER weapons. They need some weapons that will take out Russian ships. And they need a LOT of anti-missile systems as well as more anti-aircraft systems.

[bluewater]

8. Well said.

[DallasNE]

10. They Are Getting The Necessary Weapons

They are getting the kamikaze drones to take out the artillery and Germany is sending shoulder fired tank killers for close combat - within 30 meters - for use in urban areas.

[oldsoftie]

11. They need much more air defense. And Mariupol needs ground to ship weapons

[DallasNE]

9. Click Bait

No real context. What does "lost" mean and who qualifies as "combat" Is lost KIA or include those recovering from injury as well. And what about POW? Does combat include transportation supply forces and other non-combatants in the combat zone? Frankly, 10% sounds quite low if you are talking about not available for duty.