Up to 40,000 Russian soldiers killed, wounded, captured or MIA in Ukraine, NATO estimates

*NATO estimates that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, injured, captured or gone missing during the first month of the Kremlin's war, an alliance official confirmed to NBC News.

*Of those, between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian troops have died, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

*The Pentagon has previously denied confirming any reported estimates on the number of Russian troops that have been removed from battle.

WASHINGTON – NATO estimates that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, injured, captured or gone missing during the first month of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, an alliance official confirmed to NBC News.

Of those, between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian troops have died, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to share NATO's latest intelligence assessment of the ongoing war.

Russian officials have previously declined to publicly disclose how many of their troops have died while fighting in Ukraine. On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that disclosing such figures is the "exclusive prerogative" of Russia's Ministry of Defense.

"On the numbers, we agreed from the very beginning that we do not have the authority to voice them during the special military operation," Peskov said, declining to elaborate further.

The Pentagon has previously denied confirming any reported estimates on the number of Russian troops who have been killed or otherwise removed from the battlefield.

A senior U.S. Defense official told reporters on a conference call on Wednesday that it remains difficult for the Pentagon to provide casualty estimates since the United States does not have troops on the ground in Ukraine.

"I'm not going to characterize what the ranges are that we're looking at because they're just very broad and we continue to have low confidence in those estimates because we're not on the ground and can't see you know what's really going on on a day to day basis," said the official, who declined to be named in order to share details from U.S. intelligence reports.

The official said that Russian forces are increasingly beset by logistical and command and control issues as well as morale problems.

"We picked up indications that some troops have actually suffered and been taken out of the fight because of frostbite," the official said. In another example, the official said that morale in some cases was so low among Russian troops that soldiers left their armored vehicles and walked off into the woods.

Earlier this month, the U.S. intelligence community assessed that up to 4,000 Russian troops have been killed in the Kremlin's then-two-week war in Ukraine.

That figure, which was shared during an unclassified March 8 hearing with lawmakers, was presented by Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

"With low confidence, somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000. That number comes from some intelligence sources but also open sources," Berrier said during testimony before the House Intelligence Committee's hearing on "Worldwide Threats."

franchasng:
It should be 60,000 or more

SarkinYarki:
Believe this crap propaganda at your own peril

doctokwus:
It's possible bearing in mind that injuries during war at at least 3 times dead combatants.
If you then consider the fact that most average estimates put the Russian dead at about 10,000,then 30,000 injured,captured or runaway combatants is possible giving that projected figure of 40k.
Someone would come now & be asking why is no one mentioning the Ukrainian dead or shouting that it means the Ukrainian dead maybe more than that number.
No one is disputing Ukrainian soldiers too have died or the casualties may even be more,but for a top 5 military in the world to sustain that number of casualties in just one month of war,is not only alarming but a cause for call of emergency and a halting of the war because it means if the war continues and lasts say 2 or 3 more months,one is looking at a projected Russian dead of 20-30k soldiers!
That will be catastrophic at all levels!!

Pierocash:
They have started with their propaganda,you guys don't get tired.

Same US that released a statement few days ago that out of the 100,000 troops deployed by Putin, only 10,000 had so far been deployed into Ukraine for the war, the rest are station around Ukraine border ready to take on the real enemies who may try to interfere.

And so far, only old weapon, APCs, and attack helicopters are been used for the Ukrainian army ,and reserved his best weapons which he used in Syria against the NATO backed Syrian rebels.


Putin no be NATO mate, NATO knows the capability of Russia in combat so they are threading with caution

Penetrating Ukraine is somehow difficult not because they are strong,but because of their weather ,and muddy environment,that is why the war is going slowly and going as planned.

So stop this unnecessary orgasm you guys are having ,because within a short time from now, you will all wake up from your dreams and discovered cnn lied to you guys

God1000:
continue living in denial of reality

kayusely70:
Nobody can accurately determine the number of casualties on both sides!

Pierocash:
They have started with their propaganda,you guys don't get tired.

Same US that released a statement few days ago that out of the 100,000 troops deployed by Putin, only 10,000 had so far been deployed into Ukraine for the war, the rest are station around Ukraine border ready to take on the real enemies who may try to interfere.

And so far, only old weapon, APCs, and attack helicopters are been used for the Ukrainian army ,and reserved his best weapons which he used in Syria against the NATO backed Syrian rebels.
NATO living in fantasy of victory


Putin no be NATO mate, NATO knows the capability of Russia in combat so they are threading with caution

Penetrating Ukraine is somehow difficult not because they are strong,but because of their weather ,and muddy environment,that is why the war is going slowly and going as planned.

So stop this unnecessary orgasm you guys are having ,because within a short time from now, you will all wake up from your dreams and discovered cnn lied to you guys

God1000:
In an absolute startling analysis, the north Atlantic treaty organisation (NATO) estimates that up to 40,000 russian soldiers have either been killed, wounded, missing or captured during the invasion of Ukraine. If accurate these losses will be absolutely crippling to the Russian military and will undoubtedly cause tremendous anti-war protest in Russia.

Personally I think this is going to be a pyrrhic victory for Russia and a moral victory for Ukraine in the end, there are even reports that Belarusian troops will soon join Putin's war in Ukraine which means this war has gone awry for Putin, both Alexandra lukashenko and vladmir putin together with their government officials have been targeted with western sanctions, this is an entanglement for Putin, there's isn't much glasnost in Russia compared to West, Russia is known for gloss over and whitewashing of information


Putin is desperate and ready to do the unthinkable just to save face

Seun, lalasticlala, mynd44

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Pierocash:
They have started with their propaganda,you guys don't get tired.

Same US that released a statement few days ago that out of the 100,000 troops deployed by Putin, only 10,000 had so far been deployed into Ukraine for the war, the rest are station around Ukraine border ready to take on the real enemies who may try to interfere.

And so far, only old weapon, APCs, and attack helicopters are been used for the Ukrainian army ,and reserved his best weapons which he used in Syria against the NATO backed Syrian rebels.


Putin no be NATO mate, NATO knows the capability of Russia in combat so they are threading with caution

Penetrating Ukraine is somehow difficult not because they are strong,but because of their weather ,and muddy environment,that is why the war is going slowly and going as planned.

So stop this unnecessary orgasm you guys are having ,because within a short time from now, you will all wake up from your dreams and discovered cnn lied to you guys

Drenimarcus:
If Russia has lost 40k. They will be on the retreat and not offense. You really must be dumb if you believe this. Why is zelebobo crying for no fly zone?

Toktee:
Putin robots will not like this news..

rolams:
How many soldiers are there in Russian Army?

rolams:
How many soldiers are there in Russian Army?

Rugaria:
Some of you need to have a closer look at how your brains work..
I mean, if you can believe that in less than a month of fighting, Russia has lost over 40,000 soldiers, then you're so naive and ignorant you can believe anything!
No wonder you guys happily elected an illiterate mujahideen as your president twice..

Rugaria:
Some of you need to have a closer look at how your brains work..
I mean, if you can believe that in less than a month of fighting, Russia has lost over 40,000 soldiers, then you're so naive and ignorant you can believe anything!
No wonder you guys happily elected an illiterate mujahideen as your president twice..

God1000:
western intelligence is top notch guy, they have access to Intel, the same way you guys labelled all and information US gave out prior to the invasion as propaganda, but it happened eventually, even Russia denied planning to invade Ukraine

AJSfan:
same western intelligence that said there was WMD in Iraq... Same western intelligence that 50 top personnel signed that Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian propaganda.. keep deceiving yourself

God1000:
please don't deviate from this topic