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Russia Loses One Soldier for Every 2,5 Square Meters of Occupied Ukrainian Territory, Using 'Cannon Fodder' Tactic
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Russia reportedly loses one soldier for every 2.5 square meters of occupied Ukrainian territory, according to Nataliia Kostenko, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
"The Russian military leadership heavily relies on the 'cannon fodder' tactic, demonstrating that it can achieve progress only at an unacceptable cost that no other nation would tolerate. Estimates suggest that every 2.5 square meters of Russian advancement in Ukraine costs the lives of one Russian soldier," she stated during a meeting of the OSCE Security Cooperation Forum.
Kostenko pointed to a recent example of this tactic in the fight for the city of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region.
"Russian troops managed to establish control over this city only after hundreds of daily attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses. While Russian propaganda has prematurely declared this a strategic victory, the reality is that even with a numerical advantage in personnel, artillery, and aviation, the Russian forces required two years to seize control of a city they have completely destroyed," she emphasized.
According to Kostenko, in the past week alone, there were over 1,000 combat encounters between Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian army, with the overall situation along the front remaining extremely tense and dynamic.
"During this past week, Ukrainian troops have continued to identify and eliminate military headquarters of the Russian occupation forces, as well as logistics and communication routes and ammunition depots. Our forces successfully destroyed command posts belonging to the 35th and 27th motorized rifle brigades, as well as the command post of the 2nd Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation," she concluded.
Earlier, British intelligence reported high levels of Russian casualties, estimating that Russia could lose up to 1,000 soldiers per day during the winter months.
