WASHINGTON—As many as 80,000 Russian troops have been wounded or killed in lower than six months of fighting in Ukraine, the Pentagon mentioned Monday, the primary time the U.S. navy introduced its estimates of the toll of the invasion on Russia.
In line with U.S. estimates, Russia has suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties, Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of protection for coverage, informed reporters at a press briefing Monday. Within the days main as much as Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, Western officers estimated that Russia had staged roughly 150,000 troops close to Ukraine’s border.
