Voice message reveals Russian military unit's catastrophic losses in Ukraine

[Wicked Blue]

"just 18 out of 150 guys survived”

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Kyiv independent
Illia Ponomarenko

Seven days into the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it remains unclear how many casualties Russia has sustained.

The Ukrainian government said on March 2 the “indicative” number of Russia’s losses stands at 5,840 people. Russia has only admitted it had any losses four days after it started the war, and had not given any numbers.

But multiple videos and pictures from battlefields suggest that invading forces have sustained severe casualties.

And yet another piece of evidence obtained by the Kyiv Independent sheds more light on the fate of Russia’s 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Much more:

https://kyivindependent.com/national/exclusive-voice-message-reveals-russian-military-units-catastrophic-losses-in-ukraine/

[gab13by13]

1. Former military people that I listen to on TV,

say that Russia having 5,800 casualties is impossible because that would relate to 10's of thousands of wounded. According to former military officials there hasn't been enough fighting for that number to be accurate.

[Irish_Dem]

3. If the RU troops are poorly trained, new recruits, the death toll will be much higher than normal?

[Happy Hoosier]

13. I think it's a mistranslation

My Ukrainian friend says the word is similar to “casualties” in that it might be mistranslated at as meaning only death but usually means dead or seriously wounded.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I saw a video of a Russian solider saying wounded RU troops were being killed

in the field by RU officers. RU was not going to provide medical care to their wounded.

So their death count would be higher than normal?

[OneGrassRoot]

4. Holy shit. That video needs to be...

on Russia state TV -- Anonymous' hackers need to get that seen ASAP by the people of Russia.

[Irish_Dem]

7. I saw it here on DU. I believe it was a captured RU solider and recorded by Ukrainians.

I assume the Ukrainians will use it along the lines you mention.

[OneGrassRoot]

5. I just saw this:

Google Maps users are uploading dozens of photos of destruction, injured civilians, and captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine to the Google Maps listings of popular locations within Russia’s major cities.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=yZ8kK-gVWBp3X_WGmvmx2A

[gab13by13]

6. No wonder there aren't as many wounded,

the Russians just kill them. Fucking hard to believe. I doubt that will be good for morale.

I just try to keep a doubting Thomas kind of approach.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Russians probably don't have field hospitals or medical equipment?

They seem very ill prepared for battle.

[Wicked Blue]

10. Ukrainians reportedly are giving them tea and letting them call home

from reports I've seen, along with videos. Could be true, could be propaganda.

I wonder why the Russians brought mobile cremation units along. Could they be using them to burn their own casualties to hide the number of losses? Or Ukrainian losses?

[Irish_Dem]

15. This was a video of a captured RU solider calling his mother.

He was telling his mother that RU wounded soldiers were being shot in the field. While wounded Ukrainian soldiers were being given medical care. He was very distraught about it.

Yes I don't know if it was real or not. And I only had the translation to go by, I don't speak Russian.

Since the Russians planned so poorly and assumed it would be a quick invasion, they probably don't have field hospitals or medical personnel or equipment. This is believable.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

8. I really feel sorry for these young Russian soldiers,

they had no idea that they were going to war, they were told it was a training exercise now they're caught up in this maelstrom and they don't know why.

[Wicked Blue]

12. It's terrible.

Some are said to be surrendering, even damaging their vehicles to avoid battle.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. +100. nt

[Tickle]

11. not sure I buy that but

I'm more focused on the Ukrainians as they are getting killed or they are leaving their country. My heart aches for them and I don't care about the Russians. I just wish they would stop

[Wicked Blue]

16. Here's the tweet from Kyiv Independent

Link to tweet