WH Estimates 100K Russian Casualties Since December

The Associated Press reports:

The White House said Monday it now estimates that just since December Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. estimate is based on newly declassified American intelligence. He did not detail how the intelligence community derived the number.

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in November that Russia had suffered well over 100,000 killed or wounded in the first eight months of the war. The new figures suggest that Russian losses have dramatically accelerated in recent months.

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The White House estimates that Russia has suffered 100,000 casualties since December, including 20,000 killed, as Ukraine has rebuffed a heavy assault by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. https://t.co/413B1p5Sn8

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 1, 2023